'Migril' : ergotamine compound tablets.

Date:
1968
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'Migril' : ergotamine compound tablets. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

One of a series of leaflets (traditional folkloric medicine) issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Migril, a remedy for headaches and migraines containing caffeine and the ergot derivative ergotamine. Showing a man having string placed round his head by a medical practitioner, whilst being tended to by a woman holding a broom.

Publication/Creation

1968.

Physical description

1 sheet ; 14 x 22 cm

Notes

Copy 1. Front half only.

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