Paper almanac put out by Dodd's; cover: blue, red and white, showing a facsimile of their kidney pills' tin; inside: calendars, testimonials, characteristics of people of various zodiac signs, weather forecasts, "cartoon" ads, interesting facts, and ads for various products; 18 doublesided pages.
Paper almanac put out by Dodd's; cover: blue, red and white, showing a facsimile of their kidney pills' tin; inside: calendars, testimonials, characteristics of people of various zodiac signs, weather forecasts, "cartoon" ads, interesting facts, and ads for various products; 18 doublesided pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
"Dodd's // ALMANAC // 1954 // DODD'S // KIDNEY // PILLS // A TREATMENT FOR // BACKACHE AND TIRED FEELING // DUE TO URINARY IRRITATION // AND BLADDER DISCOMFORT // WEATHER -- MOON'S PHASES - ECLIPSES // SUNRISE & SUNSET TABLES -- HOLIDAYS // POSTAL RATES -- WEIGHTS & MEASURES // HINTS FOR HEALTH AND HOUSEHOLD..." and so on
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder D
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 17.8 cm. x Width: 12.5 cm.
Condition Remarks
Quite age/sun discoloured; front: right half very creased, with a number of rips, partially repaired using rice paper (?); bottom is bent and ripped throughout the journal; minimal staining
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Other
Reference Comments
"Nostrums & Quackery" Vol. I, p. 374; "Nostrums & Quackery" Vol. II, p. 215; see 996.001.770
Research Facts
Consisted of extract of cascarilla, jalap, resin, hand soap, potassium nitrate, sodium bicarbonate (baking soda), hard paraffin, turmeric and wheat flour; around in 1936 and in the 1970's