Small paper trade card for Dr. Jayne and the various cures (an album card, 10th of a series); front: chromolithograph of a young "European" woman standing by a well and a young man hanging over the stone wall behind her; back: explanation of scene and ad for various Dr. Jayne products.
Small paper trade card for Dr. Jayne and the various cures (an album card, 10th of a series); front: chromolithograph of a young "European" woman standing by a well and a young man hanging over the stone wall behind her; back: explanation of scene and ad for various Dr. Jayne products.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. Chiong for his patent medicine collection, before July 15, 1995.
""The Talking Well" // is the subject of the pres- // ent Album Card -- the tenth // of our series. // According // to a prevalent European legend, Wells, when in the mood, would answer lovers' questions. In our picture, the maiden having ad- // dressed her queries at a propitious moment; is being favored, as she // thinks, by an answer from the well, but really from the lover, // whom she supposes far away...."; etc.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Chiong Trade Cards Binder D
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length: 11.6 cm. x Width: 7.9 cm.
Condition Remarks
Some age/sun discolouration; front: top coat is worn to small white specks in a number of places; some staining along the edges; back: a crease near the bottom; top left edge has a "line" of paper gone (top coat)
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"The Snake-Oil Syndrome" by A. Walker Bingham, pp. 106, 137, 125, 10, 131, insert #38; "One for a Man, Two for a Horse" by Gerald Carson, pp. 78, 80, 108; "Nostrums & Quackery" Vol. I, pp. 335-336, 350; "The Toadstool Millionaires" by James Harvey Young, pp. 137-138, 175, 207; "Secret Nostrums & Systems" by Chas. W. Oleson, pp. 97, 98; "American Health Quackery" by James Harvey Young, p. 129
Research Facts
Jayne's Expectorant contained opium and digitalis; started by Dr. David Jayne; claimed to have invented the patent medicine collection; expectorant contained 15% alcohol and opium, the continued use of which was harmful, especially to infants and children; one child died from such usage in 1908; presented by E. F. Dutton, Barton Orleans Co., Vermont