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William Wilson, Medical Electrician Ad
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Advertisement for William Wilson, Medical Electrician that features a Greek godlike figure wearing various electrical medical garments and holding a placard that reads, "Take medicine and die, wear the 'Wilsonia' and live." Beneath the image is the slogan, "Magnetism is life." Seven different electric medical garments are pictured.
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Electricity in a Bottle
1886
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 neuralgia. The ad is in the shape of a medi...
Petition for prohibiting quackery in the practice of medicine
1847
Petitioners request a law to prohibit "Quackery in the Science and practice of Medicine."
Dr. A.J. Townsend & Sons Advertisement
Advertising card for Dr. Townsend & Sons of Wyocena, manufacturers of all kinds of fluid extracts, liniments, etc.
You Blow the Powder
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 through a tube. The ad is stamped by Sherman &...
Directions for Use of Dr. Owen's Electric Belt
Directions for use of Dr. Owen's Electric Belt and Spinal Appliance. There is a drawing of the device at the top of the page.
