Cardboard blotter; front framed with fine, dotted red; left side has a facsimile of the bottle with label; right side has name ("Essence of Caroid") stating what it does; letters are in white, blue-grey, red and orange; back: off-white.
Cardboard blotter; front framed with fine, dotted red; left side has a facsimile of the bottle with label; right side has name ("Essence of Caroid") stating what it does; letters are in white, blue-grey, red and orange; back: off-white.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, July 15 1995 (before).
"ESSENCE OF CAROID // A VALUABLE VEHICLE // ACTS IN ANY MEDIA WITH ALL DRUGS // CAROID POSSESSES TWO ACTIONS // ACTS ON FOOD - // REMOVES EFFETE MUCOUS // AN EFFECTIVE AID TO DRUG ACTION // 1 PINT // (Ferment of Carica Papaya) // CONTAINS ABOUT 12% OF ALCOHOL // ACTS IN ACID // ALKALINE // OR NEUTRAL // MEDIA // DIGESTS // ALL KINDS // OF // PROTEIDS", etc.; describes what it does and dosage
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length: 15.4 cm. x Width: 8.8 cm.
Condition Remarks
Front: edges a little soft; some blue staining near bottle and a few other brown stains; back: also has brown dot stains, left bottom edge slightly creased; discoloured with age
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
Same company also produces Terpo-Dionin; no other information available; contains (or claimed to) about 12% alcohol