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Front of the card shows a women in bed with her two children. She is holding an infant with one hand and reading a newspaper with other hand; the newspaper page says "Mrs. Winslow's soothing syrup for children teething," while her other child is leaning on her. A bottle of the syrup is on the night table.The back of the card contains a calendar and texts in English, French and German, but unfortunately the card is damaged and some parts of the card cannot be read, mainly the date on the card. Original trade card forms part of: Collection no.311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA. A toilet luxury. To cleanse and whiten the teeth; to remove tartar from the teeth; to sweeten the breath and preserve the teeth; to make the gums hard and healthy, use Brown's Camphorated Saponaceous Dentrifice...
Dental Care for Children--Advertisements Children teething Children Pain--Treatment Women Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements Pain Patent medicines Drug Therapy--Advertisements
Source
Patent Medicine Trade Cards History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection
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