University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Pharmacy
Pharmacy, General
Home Health
Classification
Archival, Advertisements
Pharmacy
Pharmacy, General
Home Health
Accession Number
1977.12.202
Description
A small, rectangular booklet of 18 pages plus the two pages for front and back covers; it contains an introduction (in English), directions for use of Hamlins Wizard oil and the conditions that it treats in 16 languages, and a listing of Hamlins Wizard Oil products.
A small, rectangular booklet of 18 pages plus the two pages for front and back covers; it contains an introduction (in English), directions for use of Hamlins Wizard oil and the conditions that it treats in 16 languages, and a listing of Hamlins Wizard Oil products.
Based on higher cost in Eaton's Catalogue than the advertised cost on the trade card.
Material
paper: off-white
Inscriptions
Printed in black ink on the front cover: "HAMLINS // WIZARD OIL // Directions in Sixteen Languages. // Page // English Directions [long series of dots] 2 // [Japanese character] Instrucciones en Español 3 [Chinese character] // [Japanese character] Instrucções em Portuguez"; printed in black ink on the back cover, surrounded by a double border: "THE WIZARD PREPARATIONS // Guaranteed to give Satisfaction or your Money Back. // HAMLINS WIZARD OIL // The Family Liniment for Pain. Soothing, Healing, Antiseptic. // Sold by Druggists Everywhere. // Price in U.S.A. and Canada, 40c, 70c and $1.40. // WIZARD LIVER WHIPS // For Constipation, Torpid Liver, Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Biliousness. // Sold by Druggists Everywhere. // Price, in U.S.A. and Canada, 30c."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Academy of Medicine Pharmaceutical Advertising Binder A
Dimension Notes
Length 19.1 cm x Width 13.3 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper has yellowed with age; there is a small tear and mark on the front cover.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Spring and Summer Catalogue (No. 46)," The T. Eaton Co., Ltd, 1901 (reprinted in 1970), p. 117 ; "The Great American Medicine Show," by David and Elizabeth M. Armstrong, pp. 160, 176, 178
Research Facts
Hamlin's Wizard Oil claimed to be antiseptic; mentioned in "The Great American Medicine Show": "The Hamlin troupe took to the road to sell his Wizard Oil."