University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Archival
Classification
Archival, Advertisements
Accession Number
1978.14.5
Description
A small booklet, rectangular in shape, 32 pages and a front and back cover; the cover is illustrated with various borders, and an image of a man that includes the illusion of a child looking through a tear in the page; at the bottom left hand portion of page is the illustration of a skeleton key; t…
A small booklet, rectangular in shape, 32 pages and a front and back cover; the cover is illustrated with various borders, and an image of a man that includes the illusion of a child looking through a tear in the page; at the bottom left hand portion of page is the illustration of a skeleton key; the booklet's primary use is as an almanac with jokes, calendars, times for sunrise and sunset, and phases of the moon; included also are advertisements, testimonials and claims advertisements for the company's products, especially Burdock's Blood Bitters; there is a small fabric cord hanging from a small hole in the upper left hand corner of the booklet.
Printed in black ink on the front cover: "BURDOCK // BLOOD BITTERS // 1886 // Almanac // AND // KEY TO HEALTH // T. MILBURN & CO. TORONTO // TORONTO LITH. CO."; printed on the tear through which the child looks is "AT THREE // YEARS OF AGE // AND AT SIXTY"; printed on the back cover on a white background that is surrounded by foliage and a primitive country scene: "IN WISHING YOU // A Happy New Year // I beg to call your careful attention to the // many useful hints contained in this Almanac, // and particularly to the valuabel standard house- // hold remedies advertised in its pages. I shall // be ready at all times to meet your requirements"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-G Academy of Medicine Pharmaceutical Advertising Binder B
Dimension Notes
Length 20.1 cm x Width 12.8 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
Condition Remarks
Cover paper (green) has discoloured and faded; there are many brown spots on paper; some small tears are present and a few pieces have gouges.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Spring and Summer Catalogue (No. 46)," The T. Eaton Co., 1901 (reprinted 1970), p. 116 (see attached photocopy); "The Great American Fraud," by Samuel Hopkins Adams, p. 21
Research Facts
According to "The Great American Fraud," Burdock's Blood Bitters had an alcohol content of 25%; artifact 996.001.664 indicates product was marked as a restorative; see also 996.001.538.