Cardboard blotter for Davis & Lawrence Tasteless Cod Liver; left side has an orange and black facsimile of their box with a description of whom it is for, how much it costs and what it contains; right side gives the name, company, etc.; back: off-white blotter.
Cardboard blotter for Davis & Lawrence Tasteless Cod Liver; left side has an orange and black facsimile of their box with a description of whom it is for, how much it costs and what it contains; right side gives the name, company, etc.; back: off-white blotter.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, July 15, 1995 (before).
Product established 1839, claims 100 years in business, so card is around 1939; definitely after 1919 (Patent Medicine Act)
Material
paper: orange; black
Inscriptions
"One Hundred Years in Business" // DAVIS & LAWRENCE // TASTELESS // PREPARATION OF THE EXTRACT OF // COD LIVER // A REAL GOOD TONIC AND BUILDER // A RECONSTRUCTIVE // TONIC // FOR // DELICATE WOMEN AND CHILDREN // CONVALESCENTS FROM ILLNESS, AND // FOR GENERAL RUN DOWN CONDITIONS // OF HEALTH // Contains Vitamin D with Compound Syrup // of Hypophosphites, Diastasic Malt, Extract Wild // Cherry Bark and other Agents combined with // an Extract of Cod Liver"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Length
15.3 cm
Width
8.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Front is stained slightly on the left and along edges; age-discoloured; back stained, some of the paper has been scraped off and some of the ink from the front has come through
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Patent No. 14452; established in 1839; produced by the same company which made Perry Davis' Painkiller
Perry Davis’ Pain Killer, a combination of opium, alcohol, and other substances, was formulated in 1839 and marketed successfully worldwide within 4 decades as both an internal and external pain remedy. Perry Davis (1791–1862) was born in Dartmouth, Massachusetts. Perry Davis began to manufacture his Vegetable Painkiller in 1839. His son Edmund carried on the business after Perry's death in 1862; product available up until 1958.
Perry Davis' Vegetable Pain Killer is reported to have been given to both soldiers and horses during the American Civil War. Davis trademarked the name "Pain Killer" and was at last a financial success.
This product is said to be one of the first directed specifically at pain management, rather than a particular disease or ailment. It was distributed worldwide by missionaries, and was considered a wonder drug.
In 1955, Canada Packers bought the Canadian patent of Davis & Co., Davis & Lawrence for many years.