Thin paper pamphlet for Hill's Cascara Bromide Quinine Tablets, Hill's Peerless Worm Syrup, Hill's Celery Tea, and Hill's Rheumatic Specific, Ar-thro-phon-i-a; describes what it cures with the typical pseudo-medical jargon and dire warnings; two double-sided pages.
Thin paper pamphlet for Hill's Cascara Bromide Quinine Tablets, Hill's Peerless Worm Syrup, Hill's Celery Tea, and Hill's Rheumatic Specific, Ar-thro-phon-i-a; describes what it cures with the typical pseudo-medical jargon and dire warnings; two double-sided pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 13, 1995.
Claims to "cure" which fell out of use after Food & Drug Act of 1906
Material
paper: black
Inscriptions
"HILL'S // CASCARA // BROMIDE // QUININE // CURES // COLDS // IN 24 HOURS. // CURES // LA GRIPPE // IN 3 DAYS. // NO BETTER REMEDY KNOWN FOR HEADACHE // 35 TABLETS FOR 25 CENTS // MR. HILL'S PORTRAIT AS ABOVE ON EVERY BOX OF THE GENUINE. // MONEY REFUNDED FOR EMPTY BOX IF NOT SATISFACTORY. // They are Unsurpassed for Colds, Coughs, Catarrh, Bronchitis and La Grippe..."; and so on
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder C
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 22.4 cm. x Width: 14.0 cm.
Condition Remarks
Quite age/sun discoloured; big creases where it was once folded in quarters horizontally; a few nicks and tears along the various edges
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Snake-Oil Syndrome" by A. Walker Bingham, pp. 74-110, inserts #51, 61; "Nostrums and Quackery", Vol. II, p. 217
Research Facts
Company still running in 1918; sold Hill's Kidney Kascara Tablets, which contained: iron oxide (sugar-coated), emodin, caffeine, acid resin, magnesium carbonate and talcum and was sold as a remedy for diabetes, Bright's disease, etc.; fraudulent claims so fined $50.00 Jan. 30, 1918