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Title: Burdock Blood Bitters
Description: Trade card advertising Burdock Blood Bitters featuring a portrait of a woman in elegant dress with a red, feathered hat that is adorned with a large B pin of sorts on which is written Burdock Blood Bitters. She is wearing gold jewelry, including a choker with a B on it. Her dress is blue with lilies on it, and she has a small rose pinned to the front of her dress. The back has testimony from satisfied users.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Croup, Hemorrhoids, Rheumatism
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Feathers, Flowers, Gold Jewelry, Portraits, Women's Hats
ID: WH241
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: We Always Keep in Our Drug Store a Supply of Boschee's German Syrup & Green's August Flower [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower featuring a space in which there is some writing. This space is surrounded by various blue, red, and pink flowers. The back lists the ailments the Syrup and the Flower can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Constipation, Cough, Croup, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Palpitation, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers
ID: WH231
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Colds, Coughs & all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an oversized bottle labeled Ayer's with two children at its side. The boy, on the left, is sitting and touching the bottle with his right hand and holding a spoon in his left. He is wearing a white tunic and red-and-white-striped socks. The girl, on the right, is standing, ostensibly trying to reach the top of the open bottle with her right hand, which holds a spoon. She is wearing a white, frilled dress, white stockings, a white bonnet tied with a blue ribbon, and blue Mary Janes. There is an enlarged branch with cherries on it in the top, left corner, and another, smaller sprig in the bottom, center. The back has images of two hands, one pouring a bottle, and one holding a spoon to catch the liquid. Listed on the back are the ailments Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cures.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Influenza, Laryngitis, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Cherry, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Nature, Spoons
ID: WH119
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Coughs Colds &c: Penn's Treaty
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a meeting between seven colonists (William Penn and others) and seven Native Americans. The Native Americans sit and stand to the left, and the colonists on the right present two scrolls that read "Ayer's Cherry Pectoral and Cures Colds, Coughs, &c." William Penn is holding a medicine bottle. The image is loosely based on Benjamin West's oil painting "The Treaty of Penn with the Indians." The back has an image of hands pouring medicine into a spoon in the upper left and text listing the curative properties of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Influenza, Laryngitis, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Ethnic Costume, Hats, Indians Of North America, Indigenous Peoples, Men, Treaties
ID: WH117
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Catarrh, Neuralgia & Headache No More! Cushman's Menthol Inhaler Cures Diseases of the Head Including Hay-Fever, Colds & Bronchitis
Description: Trade card advertising Cushman's Menthol Inhaler featuring a young woman smoking. She is wearing a feathered hat with long-sleeved shirt or dress with ruffled sleeves, a bodice, and a wrapped garment around her bosom and neck. The back explains what the inhaler is, its price, and has an illustration of a woman looking over her back, right shoulder at the buyer while she smokes. The card is tinted brown.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bronchitis, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Inhalers, Portraits, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
ID: WH136
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Words of Comfort [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring three women and one man sitting around a table. The man is reading a book and is in formal dress and wearing eyeglasses. The three women seem interested in and puzzled by what he is reading. There is a vase on the table, and the backdrop seems to resemble some sort of living room or study area. The back lists the benefits of the Expectorant and the Tonic Vermifuge.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bad Breath, Cold (Disease), Cough, Fever, Headache, Helminths, Indigestion
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Books, Costume, Domestic Space, Dress And Clothing, Dwellings, Ethnic Costume, Eyeglasses, Families, Men, Men's Clothing, Women, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
ID: WH159
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Colds, Coughs & all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an oversized bottle labeled Ayer's with two children at its side. The boy, on the left,is sitting and touching the bottle with his right hand and holding a spoon in his left. He is wearing a white tunic and red-and-white-striped socks. The girl, on the right, is standing, ostensibly trying to reach the top of the open bottle with her right hand, which holds a spoon. She is wearing a white, frilled dress, white stockings, a white bonnet tied with a blue ribbon, and blue Mary Janes. There is an enlarged branch with cherries on it in the top, left corner, and another, smaller sprig in the bottom, center. The back has images of two hands, one pouring a bottle, and one holding a spoon to catch the liquid. Listed on the back are the ailments Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cures.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Influenza, Laryngitis, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Cherry, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Nature, Spoons
ID: WH118
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Parker's Ginger Tonic
Description: Trade card advertising Parker's Hair Balsam and Parker's Ginger Tonic featuring a formally-dressed man sitting in an armchair defending himself against devilish creatures with an oversized box of Parker's Ginger Tonic. On the creatures' wings are written various ailments the Tonic cures. There is a broken crutch by the man's feet. The back describes the ailments the Balsam and the Tonic cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Body Fluids, Cold (Disease), Cough, Dandruff, Diarrhea, Heartburn, Indigestion, Itching, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Crutches, Demonology, Devil, Domestic Space, Folklore, Men, Mythology
ID: WH318
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Naughty Puss!: Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl inspecting a scratch her cat, to her left, seemingly just gave her. She is wearing a blue, frilled dress. There is a ball on the floor by her right foot, and she is surrounded by ornate home decorations, such as a rug, tablecloth, and vase on a table filled with pink flowers. She has a blue bow in her hair, and the cat has a yellow ribbon around its neck. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Balls—Sporting Goods, Bouquets, Bows, Carpets, Cats, Children, Children's Clothing, Domestic Space, Dress And Clothing, Dwellings, Flower Vases, Flowers, Infants—Wounds And Injuries, Ribbons, Rugs, Skin—Wounds And Injuries, Textile Fabrics
Language: English
ID: WH166
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Catarrh, Neuralgia & Headache No More! Cushman's Menthol Inhaler Cures Diseases of the Head Including Hay-Fever, Colds & Bronchitis
Description: Trade card advertising Cushman's Menthol Inhaler featuring a young woman using the inhaler. She is wearing a feathered hat and a long-sleeved shirt or dress with ruffled sleeves, a bodice, and a wrapped garment around her bosom and neck. The back explains what the inhaler is, its price, and has an illustration of a woman looking over her back, right shoulder at the buyer while using the inhaler. The card is tinted blue-green.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bronchitis, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Hay Fever, Headache, Neuralgia
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Inhalers, Portraits, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
ID: WH135
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, for the cure of Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Croup, Bronchitis, Whooping-Cough, and Consumption
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a young girl standing under a cherry tree looking at two birds in the tree. A house and hills are visible in the distance and there are flowers in the foreground. The back has an image of a hand pouring out a spoonful of medicine from a bottle and text listing the benefits of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Birds, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Hats, Nature
ID: WH114
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Ayer's Cherry Pectoral Cures Colds, Coughs, and all Diseases of the Throat and Lungs
Description: Trade card advertising Ayer's Cherry Pectoral featuring an image of a girl in a dress using her hat to carry cherries and holding a sprig of cherries in her hand. She is in a field with hills and water in the distance. The back has an image of a hand pouring out a spoonful of medicine from a bottle and text urging people to treat various ailments with Ayer's Cherry Pectoral.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease), Cough
Subjects (LC): Clothing And Dress, Fruit, Girls, Nature, Women's Hats
ID: WH116
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Our Boy: Compliments of Scott & Bowne Manufacturers of Scott's Emulsion
Description: Trade card advertising Scott's Emulsion featuring a portrait of a young boy in a nautical outfit. He has brown, curly hair, blue eyes, and flushed cheeks. The back lists the ailments the Emulsion can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Anemia, Cold (Disease), Cough, Scrofula, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Boys, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Portraits
ID: WH349
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: We Always Keep in Our Drug Store a Supply of Boschee's German Syrup & Green's August Flower [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower featuring a blank space where one might presumably write an address. It is surrounded by some red roses. The back lists the ailments the Syrup and the Flower can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Constipation, Cough, Croup, Headache, Heartburn, Indigestion, Palpitation, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Roses
ID: WH230
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil featuring an image of a woman in three-quarter profile facing left. She is wearing an elaborate hat. The title of the card is printed on her bodice. The back of the card lists the benefits of the Eclectric Oil as well as testimony from satisfied customers.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Backache, Bruises, Burns And Scalds, Catarrh, Cold (Disease), Cough, Diphtheria, Earache, Headache, Neuralgia, Rheumatism, Sprains, Toothache
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bows, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Gold Jewelry, Hair Ornaments, Lace And Lacemaking, Portraits, Ribbons, Women, Women's Hats
ID: WH182
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Seasonable Suggestions [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a nymph-like woman standing on a large leaf sipping something out of a flower blossom. She is wearing a white, flowing dress and has long, curly hair with leaves in it. She is framed by foliage and flowers. The back lists the ailments the advertised medicines cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Flowers, Hair Ornaments, Leaves, Nature, Plants, Portraits, Women
ID: WH285
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil featuring a Russian flag. The flag is yellow and contains a symmetrical image of a brown eagle wearing a red crown and holding one scroll in its beak and one scroll in its talon. The back lists the times it takes Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil to cure various ailments.
Conditions Cured (LC): Backache, Burns And Scalds, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Deafness, Earache, Throat—Diseases, Toothache
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Flags, Russia
ID: WH181
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: What Came from the Newspaper Hat [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Hires' Cough Cure and Hires' Root Beer featuring a young girl wearing a hat made of newspaper. She is wearing gold bangles around her wrists and a white dress. The back is a short story about Hires' Root Beer.
Conditions Cured (LC): Cold (Disease), Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bracelets, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Gold Jewelry, Hats, Newspaper Layout And Typography, Portraits
ID: WH391
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Words of Comfort [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring three women and one man sitting around a table. The man is reading a book and is in formal dress and wearing eyeglasses. The three women seem interested in and puzzled by what he is reading. There is a vase on the table, and the backdrop seems to resemble some sort of living room or study area. The back lists the benefits of the Expectorant and the Tonic Vermifuge.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bad Breath, Cold (Disease), Cough, Fever, Headache, Helminths, Indigestion
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Books, Costume, Domestic Space, Dress And Clothing, Dwellings, Ethnic Costume, Eyeglasses, Families, Men, Men's Clothing, Women, Women's Clothing, Women's Hats
ID: WH160
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Naughty Puss!: Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Liniment, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young girl inspecting a scratch her cat, to her left, seemingly just gave her. She is wearing a blue, frilled dress. There is a ball on the floor by her right foot, and she is surrounded by ornate home decorations, such as a rug, tablecloth, and vase on a table filled with pink flowers. She has a blue bow in her hair, and the cat has a yellow ribbon around its neck. The back features the curative properties of the items advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Cough, Croup, Helminths, Indigestion, Pleurisy, Throat—Diseases, Tuberculosis, Whooping Cough
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Balls—Sporting Goods, Bouquets, Bows, Carpets, Cats, Children, Children's Clothing, Domestic Space, Dress And Clothing, Dwellings, Flower Vases, Flowers, Infants—Wounds And Injuries, Ribbons, Rugs, Skin—Wounds And Injuries, Textile Fabrics
ID: WH165
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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