Trade card on light card advertising Brown's Vermifuge Comfits or Worm Lozenges -- lettering on front in capitals; front: family, mother and two children on yellow background with red lettering; back: black print on white background, Brown's Vermifuge Comfits or Worm Lozenges with "Treatment of theā¦
Trade card on light card advertising Brown's Vermifuge Comfits or Worm Lozenges -- lettering on front in capitals; front: family, mother and two children on yellow background with red lettering; back: black print on white background, Brown's Vermifuge Comfits or Worm Lozenges with "Treatment of the Drowned".
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, July 15,1995 (before).
Front reads, "BROWN'S // VERMIFUGE COMFITS // OR WORM LOZENGES"; back reads: "Brown's Vermifuge Comfits // or Worm Lozenges // Commit this to Memory. The knowlege may enable you to save a life. // Treatment of the Drowned // [detailed instructions follow] // For Sale Everywhere // 25 cts. per Box"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 12.0 cm. x Width: 7.5 cm.
Condition Remarks
No rips or tears, flexible; some printing on back removed, remainder is legible edge in pencil
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Dr. Chase's Recipes or Information For Everybody", 1862; "The Snake-Oil Syndrome: Patent Medicine Advertising" by A. Walker Bingham, The Christopher Publishing House, 1994, Hanover, Mass.
Research Facts
Date unknown -- colour lithograph, post-1860; company also made Brown's Bronchial Troches, Brown's Dentifrice, Brown's Indian Herb Bitters, Brown's Iron Bitters, Brown's Panacea, Brown's Sarsaparilla & Tomato Bitters; Brown's Sarsaparilla and Brown's Laxative Pills advertised in 1886; recipe for Vermifuge from Dr. Chase's Recipes (1862); Santonin 60 grs.; pulverized sugar 5 oz.; mucilage of gum tragacanth to make a thick paste, mixed together into pill form and let stand 12-24 hours