Primitive pain : 'Tabloid' 'Empirin' Compound.

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<p>Leaflet issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising the analgesic and antipyretic Empirin, containing caffeine. Showing an illustration of a primitive wooden totem (?) clutching its stomach in pain.</p>

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Primitive pain : 'Tabloid' 'Empirin' Compound.

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