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Book or Pamphlet

Madison Water Cure Advertisement

Date: 1858
Description: Advertisement for the Madison Water Cure and Electro-Hydrogienic Institute, formerly the Lakeside Water-Cure.
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Electricity in a Bottle

Date: 1886
Description: Advertising ephemera for Electricity in a Bottle by the West Electric Cure Co. of Chicago which claimed to cure catarrh, hay fever, headache, asthma, and n...
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You Blow the Powder

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Description: Advertising for Dr. Birney's Catarrhal Powder, showing a drawing of a woman administering a treatment to herself by blowing the powder up her own nose thro...
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Wine of the Woods

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Description: Advertisement for Wine of the Woods and Balsam Drops, a purported cure for dyspepsia, constipation, and headaches marketed to women and sold by John L. Moo...
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Dr. A.J. Townsend & Sons Advertisement

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Description: Advertising card for Dr. Townsend & Sons of Wyocena, manufacturers of all kinds of fluid extracts, liniments, etc.
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Vacuum Cap

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Description: Directions for using the vacuum cap, a device intended to stimulate hair growth. A drawing at the top shows a man with the cap on his head with the cap tur...
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William Wilson, Medical Electrician Ad

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Description: Advertisement for William Wilson, Medical Electrician that features a Greek godlike figure wearing various electrical medical garments and holding a placar...
Magazine or Periodical

Comely Features Article

Date: 12 1894
Description: An illustrated article in Godey's Ladies Book regarding "triumph of surgery" to improve one's facial features.
Poster

Dr. Uncle Sam

Date: 1918
Description: Poster including a cartoon illustration of Uncle Sam pouring medicine into a spoon for two bed-ridden patients, the "Wage Earner" and the "Wage Payer." The...

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