Happy days / presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills.

  • Carter Medicine Co.
Date:
[1882?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Happy days / presented by the makers of Carter's Little Liver Pills. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    j&ever tireless, We intend, when introducing Carter’s Smart Weed and Belladonna Plaster, to adhere to plain, truthful statements, and if this will not sell them, we will let them remain unsold. Our dependence, however, is mainly on the impression the plasters will make for themselves. If they are good, the people will have them; if they are not the people should not be deceived into buying them. We believe we have one of the best plasters in the world, and many of our customers think we are right. Their action is prompt, powerful and pleasant. They give relief almost as quickly as mus- tard, yet are free from the pain and other objections attending the use of that article, while they can be worn for weeks the same as ar ordinary porous plaster. The Smart Weed has proved itself a valuable addi¬ tion, and shows in the form of a plaster the same supe¬ rior medicinal qualities which have made it popular as a fluid extract. Our plaster contains no lightning, or fireworks, or capsicum (red pepper), or mustard, but is composed of those old and well-tried medicines that have been used in the manufacture of Plasters for many years, such as Galbanum, Hemlock Gum, Burgundy Pitch, Arnica, &c., combined with rubber, and to this already good Plaster is added the Extract of Smart Weed and the Extract of Belladonna, the whole forrn- ing, as any one can see, a most valuable Plaster. This is made porous in the usual manner, and is then ready for use. Dr. J. S. Carter was the first to give the public the virtues of the common Smart Whed or Water Pepper in a form convenient for use, which he did under the name of Carter’s Compound Extract of Smart Weed. The favor with which this article was received, the success it soon attained as a pain-reliever, and the weak imitations which its popularity called forth, all go to 23
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