For two kinds of cough, two kinds of treatment Piriex and Ethnine : "The Parting of Hero and Leander".

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<p>One of a series of advertising cards (artistic masterpieces) issued by Allen & Hanburys for Piriex and Ethnine, two drugs active against productive and unproductive coughs respectively, showing a reproduction of Turner's painting "The Parting of Hero and Leander".</p>

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For two kinds of cough, two kinds of treatment Piriex and Ethnine : "The Parting of Hero and Leander".

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