Thin paper advertisment to physicians some of the compounds the Rio Chemical Co. was making available to them; printed in black, there are four different sections, each with one compound described: Celerina, Aletris Cordial, Acid Mannate, Pinus Canadensis.
Thin paper advertisment to physicians some of the compounds the Rio Chemical Co. was making available to them; printed in black, there are four different sections, each with one compound described: Celerina, Aletris Cordial, Acid Mannate, Pinus Canadensis.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
"CELERINA // (Put up in Half lb. Bottles only. Per Bottle, $1.00.) // Nerve Tonic, Stimulant and Antispasmodic. // FORMULA - Every Fluid Drachm represents FIVE grains EACH - // Celery, Coca, Kola, Viburnum and Aromatics. // INDICATIONS. - Impotency, Spermatorrhea, Loss of Nerve Power // (so usual with Lawyers, Preachers, Writers and Business Men), Nervous // Headache, Neuralgia, Paralysis, Dysmenorrhea, Hysteria, Opium // Habit"; etc., for all 4
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder B
Dimension Notes
Length: 12.3 cm. x Width: 7.3 cm.
Condition Remarks
Quite age / sun discoloured; back has some ink stains, plus two dirty smudges near the bottom (one might be a thumb print)
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Toadstool Millionaires" by James Harvey Young, p. 159; "The Epitome", July 1886, Vol. VII, No. 31, p. 10
Research Facts
Coca is (basically) unrefined cocaine, so in the one case they were substituting a cocaine habit for an opium one! Used the methods by which medical and pharmaceutical science kept informed, i.e., medical journals