Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : cures sick headache & biliousness: small doses, prompt effect.

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<p>One of a series of chromolitho trade cards issued to advertise Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid, which was supposed to "cure any case of constipation, biliousness, headache, liver complaint, dyspepsia, indigestion, malaria, rheumatism or any other diseases springing from a deranged liver or stomach" and Bellanodyne pain relieving plasters. The illustration shows 2 yellow chicks squabbling, 1 brown chick chasing a butterfly with a sunny sky behind them and a spray of blue aqualegias and pink roses tucked  through a card advertising the product. "Copyrighted 1879 by Bufford, Boston".</p>

Dr. Grosvenor's Liveraid : cures sick headache & biliousness: small doses, prompt effect.

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