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Magazine insert issued by Dermal Laboratories Limited advertising Dioderm, a topical skin cream containing cortisone, used in the treatment of infant eczema.

Drug advertising ephemera. Box 30

Kid's stuff! : Dioderm: effectively controls infantile eczema and dermatitis - without risking the patient's skin.

Advertisement issued by Darlow & Co. for various patented magnetine wearable appliances, including Ferro-Magnetine, used to relieve the symptoms of rheumatism, paralysis and tuberculosis, gout, sciatica, bronchitis, neuralgia and hernias.

Darlow & Co.'s new patent (1874) Ferro Magnetine.

Magazine insert (Chemist and Druggist, August 17th 1968) advertising Medijel, a topical treatment for mouth ulcers.

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : black and white ; 28 x 42 cm folded to 28 x 21 cm

Medijel : a new approach to mouth ulcer relief.

One of a series of leaflets issued by Dermal Laboratories Limited advertising the topical dermatological cream Dithrocream, containing the steroid dithranol, used to treat psoriasis, showing a boomerang.

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : colour ; 21 x 42 cm folded to 21 x 21 cm

How to stop psoriasis making a comeback : the growing reputation of Dithrocream.

Clipping issued by Darlow & Co. advertising The Magnetic Pill, and overleaf The Magnetic Tonic Pill and The Magnetic Antibilious Pill, used to cure or relieve various ailments.

Our motto is "curative" : The Magnetic Pill (patented) tonic and aperient.

Leaflet issued by Darlow & Co. advertising various patented magnetine wearable appliances, used to relieve the symptoms of gout, rheumatism, chest and lung conditions, indigestion, hernias, sciatica, asthma, neuralgia, and bronchitis.

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) ; 19 x 25 cm folded to 19 x 12 cm

Darlow & Co.'s patent flexible magnetine appliances.

Letter issued by Delandale Laboratories Limited promoting Etophylate Syrup, used in the treatment of bronchospasms.

Delandale Laboratories Limited : 24-hour control of bronchospasm.

Advertising card issued by A. Davis Ashely promoting Davis Ashley's Honey Balsam, active against the common cold, coughs, and croup.

Try A. Davis Ashley's Honey Balsam, for colds, coughs & croup.

Advertisement issued by Cuxson, Gerrard & Co Ltd. for the topical skin cream Aidex, used for burns and wounds, rashes, stings and bites, and chapping.

Aidex burn and wound cream : a tube should be in every home.

Leaflet issued by DDSA Pharmaceuticals advertising Tropium, a psychotropic drug used to treat anxiety, stress and depression. Showing the Escher woodcut "Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell)"

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : colour ; 21 x 21 cm folded to 42 x 21 cm

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Kid's stuff! : Dioderm: effectively controls infantile eczema and dermatitis - without risking the patient's skin.

Darlow & Co.'s new patent (1874) Ferro Magnetine.

Medijel : a new approach to mouth ulcer relief.

How to stop psoriasis making a comeback : the growing reputation of Dithrocream.

Our motto is "curative" : The Magnetic Pill (patented) tonic and aperient.

Darlow & Co.'s patent flexible magnetine appliances.

Delandale Laboratories Limited : 24-hour control of bronchospasm.

Try A. Davis Ashley's Honey Balsam, for colds, coughs & croup.

Aidex burn and wound cream : a tube should be in every home.

Tropium Chlordiazepoxide B P : 'turns' the emotional and behavioural effects of anxiety and stress to normality.

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Kid's stuff! : Dioderm: effectively controls infantile eczema and dermatitis - without risking the patient's skin.

Darlow & Co.'s new patent (1874) Ferro Magnetine.

Medijel : a new approach to mouth ulcer relief.

How to stop psoriasis making a comeback : the growing reputation of Dithrocream.

Our motto is "curative" : The Magnetic Pill (patented) tonic and aperient.

Darlow & Co.'s patent flexible magnetine appliances.

Delandale Laboratories Limited : 24-hour control of bronchospasm.

Try A. Davis Ashley's Honey Balsam, for colds, coughs & croup.

Aidex burn and wound cream : a tube should be in every home.

Tropium Chlordiazepoxide B P : 'turns' the emotional and behavioural effects of anxiety and stress to normality.

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