Sujet

Advertisement for Carter's Little Liver Pills, 1895. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Advertisement for Carter's Little Liver Pills, 1895. 'SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. 1s. 1½. at Chemist's. Exact Size and appearance of Package. For HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, BILIOUSNESS, TORPID LIVER, CONSTIPATION, SALLOW SKIN, THE COMPLEXION. Wrapper printed blue on white. Cure Torpid Liver, Sallow Complexion, Bilious Headache. One Pill is one Dose'. Patent medicine formulated by Samuel J. Carter of Pennsylvania in 1868. The pills, with their trademark black crow, were claimed to cure headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM25A58_108

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NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

12,0Mo (1,6Mo) / 17,2cm x 17,5cm / 2029 x 2072 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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