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Title: This Brief Notice May Save Long Illness, Suffering, and Expense, and Even Life Itself! [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Hartshorn's Sarsaparilla and Iron and Hartshorn's Flavoring Extracts featuring a wintry landscape with a castle. There is a bouquet on the left with white, red, and blue flowers and a snow-covered branch with pink-blue-white-and-yellow birds flying around its branches. There is a bridge over a small body of water in the lower, right corner. The back describes the curative properties of the products advertised.
Conditions Cured (LC): Body Fluids
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Birds, Bridges, Castles, Crosses—Cult, Daisies, Flowers, Holy Cross, Mansions, Nature, Roses, Snow, Trees, Water And Architecture, Winter, Winter
ID: WH392
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: August Flower for Dyspepsia and Liver Complaint
Description: Trade card advertising Boschee's German Syrup and Green's August Flower featuring a young girl on a swing in a field of flowers by a body of water. She is wearing a brown dress with white accents on the cuffs and skirt. She has a light-blue sash around her waist and is wearing a blue hat. The back has an 1883 calendar and summarizes the history of Boschee's German Syrup.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bronchitis, Cold (Disease), Indigestion, Pneumonia, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Children's Hats, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Grasses, Grasslands, Hats, Nature, Swings, Trees, Water
ID: WH228
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
Description: Trade card advertising Morse's Indian Root Pills featuring a young girl wrapping or unwrapping a rabbit from a cloth while a dog jumps on her from her left. She is in front of a brick wall and is wearing a dress and a blue hat. Her hair is in two pigtails. The back has text explaining the benefits of Morse's Indian Root Pills.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Animals, Blankets, Children, Children's Clothing, Dogs, Rabbits
ID: WH307
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Dundas Dick & Co's Compliments
Description: Trade card advertising the tasteless medicines of Dundas Dick & Co. featuring a wood-framed square that reads "Dundas Dick & Co.'s Compliments" surrounded by autumnal leaves and berries. The square is labelled "1776" and "1876" on the top and bottom, respectively. The back features a nineteenth-century calendar.
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Berries, Leaves, Nature, Picture Frames And Framing, Wood
ID: WH260
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: Schenck's Seaweed Tonic for Dyspepsia and Debility
Description: Trade card adverising Schenck's Seaweed Tonic featuring a bouquet of red and white flowers. The back describes the nourishing properties of the Tonic.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthenia, Indigestion
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bouquets, Flowers, Nature, Roses
ID: WH347
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: La Gardeuse d'Oies
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring five figures lounging on the shore of what looks like a river. Two boys with staffs are interacting with some geese. The others are in various stages of play or relaxation. There is a boat on the river and a large house on the far shore in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Boats And Boating, Children, Children's Clothing, Church Buildings, Clothing And Dress, Flowers, Geese, Grasslands, Hats, Hats, Nature, Scarves, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trails, Trees, Water, Wooden Fences
ID: WH214
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup
Description: Trade card advertising Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup and Hibbard's Plasters featuring a woman seated on a floor playing a harp. She is surrounded by Near East-, North African-, and Middle Eastern-related imagery and objects. There is a small, smoking cauldron of some sort by her feet. She is dressed in a draped dress and headdress, and she is adorned with lots of bracelets and necklaces and is wearing large, hooped earrings. The card is tinted dark blue. The back lists the benefits of taking Hibbard's Rheumatic Syrup.
Conditions Cured (LC): Neuralgia, Rheumatism
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Clothing And Dress, Ethnic Costume, Hair Ornaments, Jewelry, Musical Instruments, Portraits, Textile Fabrics, Women, Women's Clothing
ID: WH139
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: Wheat Bitters
Description: Trade card advertising Wheat Bitters featuring an exhausted-looking man in a shroud reclining in a chair reaching out his hand towards another man who is carrying an oversized bottle of Wheat Bitters towards him. The back explains how Wheat Bitters works and how it can cure various illnesses.
Conditions Cured (LC): Fever, Malaria
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Bottles, Costume, Domestic Scenes
ID: WH195
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: The Talking Well [from verso]
Description: Trade card advertising Dr. Jayne's Expectorant, Dr. Jayne's Sanative Pills, and Dr. Jayne's Tonic Vermifuge featuring a young lady reclining on the edge of a water pail that is attached to a well's pulley system. Behind her is a stone wall over which a young man is peering. They are both in formal dress. There is a castle in the background. The back lists the ailments the advertised medicines can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Cold (Disease), Cough, Helminths, Indigestion, Throats—Diseases
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Castles, Clothing And Dress, Costume, Ethnic Costume, Feathers, Grasses, Hair Ornaments, Hats, Leaves, Men's Hats, Nature, Pails, Stone Walls, Trees, Wells
ID: WH287
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Horsfords Acid Phosphate for Mental & Physical Exhaustion, Dyspepsia, &c.
Description: Trade card advertising Horsford's Acid Phosphate featuring a young girl looking desolately out into the distance. She is wearing a white garment and a white bonnet with a dark pink bow. She is resting her chin on her crossed forearms. Below her arms is text that reads "Our Pet." To the left is a compendium of flowers. The back lists the ailments Horsford's Acid Phospate cures.
Conditions Cured (LC): Fatigue, Headache, Hysteria, Indigestion, Tuberculosis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Baby Bonnets, Bows, Children, Children's Clothing, Dress And Clothing, Flowers, Portraits, Ribbons
ID: WH156
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: Friendship is constant in all other things, save in the office and affairs of love ...
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 young girl leaning on a sign and a young boy who is seemingly courting her with a bunch of grapes. He is holding a blue box or book and is wearing an ornate hat with a long feather in it. She is wearing a flowing dress. Behind them is a tree with foliage. 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, Children, Children's Hats, Costume, Feathers, Gifts, Hats, Leaves, Trees
ID: WH286
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Le Petit Berger
Description: Trade card featuring druggists John H. Sheehan & Co. featuring five figures and a dog in a country landscape. There are sheep in a fenced-in field behind them, and one of the figures is standing and playing a horn. He holds a staff and has a bag on his back. There is a path in the field and a body of water and a town in the background. The back lists the company advertised and its address.
Subjects (LC): Advertising, Animals, Baby Bonnets, Children, Children's Clothing, Clothing And Dress, Dogs, Grasslands, Hats, Hats, Nature, Scarves, Sheep, Staffs (Sticks, Canes, Etc.), Trails, Trees, Water, Wooden Fences
ID: WH213
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Pond's Extract Co.
Description: Trade card advertising Pond's Extract featuring two autumnal-colored leaves. The back warns against counterfeits and lists the ailments Pond's Extract can cure.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthma, Bruises, Burns And Scalds, Catarrh, Diphtheria, Furuncle, Headache, Hemorrhage, Hoarseness, Inflammation, Neuralgia, Peptic Ulcer, Rheumatism, Sprains, Throat—Diseases, Toothache
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Leaves, Nature
ID: WH333
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Hood's Sarsaparilla Purifies the blood, creates an appetite, makes the weak strong, and builds up the system
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring a cupid-like boy with small wings and a blue garment around his waist. He is marching while playing a golden horn and holding a yellow box of Hood's Sarsaparilla. The back lists the health benefits of blood purification, as well as the ingredients Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Conditions Cured (LC): Asthenia, Body Fluids, Constipation, Furuncle, Headache, Indigestion, Salt Rheum, Scrofula, Syphilis
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Angels, Cherubs, Folklore, Musical Instruments, Mythology
ID: WH144
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Who Said Hood's Sarsaparilla?
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring three babies in white frocks crawling towards the customer. A quote on the bottom reads "Who said Hood's Sarsaparilla?" The back explains the benefits and curative properties of Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Conditions Cured (LC): Body Fluids, Headache, Salt Rheum, Scrofula
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Babies, Portraits
ID: WH151
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

Title: Hood's Sarsaparilla
Description: Trade card advertising Hood's Sarsaparilla featuring the face of a young woman bursting through a newspaper titled "Hood's Latest." She has rosy cheeks and short, curly hair. The back outlines Hood's Sarsaparilla's ingredients and curative properties. The back also contains quotes from satisfied customers.
Conditions Cured (LC): Bad Breath, Biliary Tract—Diseases, Body Fluids, Catarrh, Headache, Indigestion, Rheumatism, Salt Rheum, Scrofula
Subjects (LC): Advertising—Medicine, Newspaper Layout And Typography
ID: WH141
Collection: William H. Helfand Collection of Pharmaceutical Trade Cards

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