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19th-century trade cards and illustrations humorously depicting various doctors and medical practices, conveying historical health themes.

Female surgeon adjusting surgical mask and a male doctor flirting with a female nurse
Female surgeon adjusting surgical mask and a male doctor flirting with a female nurse
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Advertisement for Cuticura soap, manufactured by the Potter Drug and Chemical company, is an antibacterial medicated soap. Dated 20th century
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How Mulford Vaccine is made. How Mulford Vaccine is made
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Publicidad farmacéutica de Cafiaspirina, de Laboratorios Bayer. Años 1930.
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1899-18722714
Stop cancer now Delay reduces the chance for recovery circa 1936-1938.
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New England hospital for women and children fair at Tremont Temple , Goddesses, Exhibitions, Athena Greek deity
1899-18977186
Doctor Ralph's pills.
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Dr. Pierce's family medicines - Advertisement circa 1874
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Red Cross nurse - World War I Era
1899-18977226
Poster promoting early diagnosis and treatment for cancer, showing a rooster crowing at sunrise.
1899-18978199
Dr. Pierce's family medicines.
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Don't stop tobacco but take Baco=Curo, the only scientific cure for the tobacco habit.. Don't stop tobacco but take Baco=Curo, the only scientific cure for the tobacco habit.
4408-13740
Hoyt's German Cologne & Rubifoam, Medical - Dental
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6145-55187246
Immunisation is the Only Safeguard. Country: England Printed By: Multi Machine Plates, Ltd.. 1942 - 1945.  Office for Emergency Management. Office of War Information. Domestic Operations Branch. Bureau of Special Services. 3/9/1943-9/15/1945. World War II Foreign Posters
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Red Cross Magazine, October 1917, Medical - American Red Cross
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Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure all malarial disorders.. Ayer's Ague Cure is warranted to cure all malarial disorders.
1899-20228204
Man with Backache.
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Brochure - Doctors and a Specialist Failed ! People Called it a Miracle !
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Messer's inhaling tube Dr. Wilton's catarrh cure, and mandrake and horehound pills. Date Created/Published: ca. 1869: Prints show, on the left, Messer's patented inhaling tube, for use with, on the right, Dr. Wilton's catarrh cure.
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Sun Cholera Mixture, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
4408-17274
Digestoids, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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An advertisement for a dentifrice. Dated 19th century
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Pate Dentrifice du Docteur Pierre, Medical - Dental
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An advertisement for Larola skin care. Dated 20th century
4408-14414
Arsenic, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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Poster promoting diagnosis and treatment for cancer.
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4408-17563
Comp. Solution of Cresol, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
1899-18722694
More women die of cancer than do men 70 percent of the 35,000 women who die annually of cancer of the breast and uterus could be saved if treated in time circa 1936-1937.
4408-8723
War Relief, Give!, Medical - American Red Cross
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'The Glaxo baby is like a ray of sunshine in the home - so happy and contented is he, so full of life and merriment'.  And so he should be, for excepting breast-milk, Glaxo is the finest food he can have - and he can have it either as his sole food from birth or in turn with breast-milk - or his mother can improve and increase the supply of breast-milk by taking Glaxo herself.  No added milk or cream is required, because Glaxo itself is milk and cream.     Date: 1914
4408-15217
Glenn's Sulphur Soap, Medical - Dermatolgy
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Pharmaceutical advertising Gamma Globulin Hubber, obtained from human plasma for the treatment of immunodeficiencies. 1950s.
1899-18669149
Don't fear cancer fight it! circa 1936-1938.
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4408-17605
Walker's Neuralgia Mixture, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
6145-43705985
Take Schenck's Seaweed Tonic for dyspepsia and debility.. Take Schenck's Seaweed Tonic for dyspepsia and debility.
1899-18722341
1944 Marlia Poster - Don't go to bed with a malaria mosquito.
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Advertisement for Palmolive soap from the First World War, claiming to keep skin 'beautifully soft and healthy,' essential when caring for wounded men.     Date: 1915
4408-17587
White Iodine, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
1746-19689544
Stamp out syphilis and gonorrhea Have you had your blood test and examination : Go to your doctor or Dept. of Health. Poster issued by the Works Progress Administration, Federal Art Project, between 1936 and 1938
4408-3363
No-To-Bac, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
4408-17572
Muriatic Acid, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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Calder's saponaceous dentine for the teeth.. text. Posters. 1895 - 1917. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Art & Architecture Collection. Posters, American, Trees, Women , Clothing & dress , United States
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Athlo - Ointment for Croup, Cold or Sore Throat, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
1899-18852589
First formulated in the mid 1830s by Dr John B McMunn (or MMunn), it became a big hit in the US once a drug company called A B Sands bought the recipe in 1841. The dosage instructions gave plenty of room for manoeuvre: To a child a month old, or younger, give from half a drop to two drops; to a child 6 months old, from 3 to 10 drops; and to adults from 10 to 60 drops (or even double or treble that much, if the pain and other symptoms be severe and urgent) mixed in two or three teaspoonsfuls of water, according to the size of the dose. As the administration of every medicine should be governed by its effects, it is proper to begin with the smallest dose, and increase or repeat it at proper intervals until the desired effects are produced. In 1864 the original recipe came to light, showing the process of treating opium with sulphuric ether to remove the narcotine and make the product safe - a nice idea but narcotine doesnt have narcotic properties anyway, and the medicine certainly was
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Ayer's Hair Vigor for the toilet. Restores gray hair to its natural vitality and color.. Ayer's Hair Vigor for the toilet. Restores gray hair to its natural vitality and color.
4408-13735
Arnica Tooth Soap, Medical - Dental
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A gleeful physician closely examines the buttocks of a middle-aged lady. Colour process print after J-A. Faivre, 1902.
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Brundage Pharmacy , Commercial facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States
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How's your liver Take Burdock Pills. Save doctor's bills.. How's your liver Take Burdock Pills. Save doctor's bills.
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Doctor Cruzel, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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Medicinal Alum, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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'The wonderful difference'!  Could you have more convincing proof of the enormous attraction of the new Eugene method of treating straight hair.    1923
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'It's Benger time for Mother before baby arrives'.  In the trying days before baby arrives, also throughout nursing time, the sooting comfort of Benger's food is invaluable.  The medical profession has for many years recommended it for nursing mothers, especially while baby is growing, and when feeding begins to overtire.  Benger's food increases nutrition and promotes an abundant supply of rich breast milk.  When weaning time comes, give Benger's in turn with the breast.  Inthis way, baby
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Medical Ad Campaign.
1899-18722698
Don't wait - 70% are doomed if treatment of syphilis is delayed for 3 years after the disease is contracted Consult a reputable physician. circa 1936-1937.
4408-15274
Psoriasis, Fish Scales, and Eczema - CURED - $1.00, Medical - Dermatolgy
4408-12600
Wanted 25,000 Student Nurses, Women of Strength
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Chloroform, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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Chloroform, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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Pharmaceutical advertising Nico-Hepatocyn, dragees for the restoration of liver function. 1950s.
1899-18722430
When you share needles you could be shooting up AIDS 1980s AIDS Poster.
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Glaxo the food that 'builds bonnie babies'.  'Throughout the British Empire - babies that cannot be breast-fed are being reared on British made and British Owned'.  This is because Glaxo is enriched milk, made germ-free by the Glaxo process, which also breaks down the nourishing curd of the milk into minute, easily digested particles.  1914
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Powdered Alum, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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Tin can of fine aluminum oxide McIntyre Powder used to protect Ontario miners from silicosis
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Bay Rum, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
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Depicts Zena Pharmacy, created in color by an anonymous artist in 1907.
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Anaesthesiology, "The Beggar's Opera".
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Pharmaceutical advertising Bucodrín, oropharyngeal antiseptic. 1950s.
4408-16221
Glycerin, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
6145-43709300
To kill pain - get a Bell-cap-sic Plaster - no home complete without one.. To kill pain - get a Bell-cap-sic Plaster - no home complete without one.
4408-17566
Muriatic Acid, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
1899-18796600
Mental Health Poster - Not everyone with depression is this visible POSTER  ca. 1991.
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Glaxo the food that 'builds bonnie babies'. 'Throughout the British Empire - babies that cannot be breast-fed are being reared on British made and British Owned'.  This is because Glaxo is enriched milk, made germ-free by the Glaxo process, which also breaks down the nourishing curd of the milk into minute, easily digested particles.  When mixed with boiling water, Glaxo at once forms a mofified milk which is natural (not artificial) nourishment - a complete food for baby from birth.  1914
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Pharmaceutical advertising Oncosal, powerful recalcifier. 1950s.
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Newspaper article featuring coloured nurses of the National Health Service. Dated 1955
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Southalls' Towels, 1909. Advertisement for menstrual products. 'Leading Physicians and Nurses endorse the use of Southalls' Towels, the greatest invention of the age for women's comfort. Sold by all Drapers, Ladies' Outfitters and Chemists, in silver packets containing 1 dozen at 6d., also manufactured under their improved Patents, 1/-, 1/6 & 2/-. A Sample Packet containing 6 towels in the four standard sizes post free, in plain wrapper, for 6 stamps from the Lady Manager, 17, Bull St., Birmingham. Southalls' Compressed Towels - tiny silver packets, only 2¼ in. long, Size A., 1d. ; B,
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6145-29248247
Continuation of facts.. the variolae vaccinae or cow pox.
1899-18984461
In 1958, the FDA seized 2,671 bulk cartons (containing 26,710 packs of cigarettes) of Trim Reducing-Aid cigarettes on the grounds that they were misbranded and unlawfully introduced into interstate commerce.
4408-16479
Precipitated Chalk, Medical - Potions, Medications, & Cures
4409-21021194
Pharmaceutical advertising Adecrisine, complex with vitamin A and vitamin D. 1950s.
1746-21114066
Islamic tratise on surgery
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