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Folded leaflet advertising Cupiss' Constitution balls and Cough Balls with testimonials from 1845 to 1895. the formula was devised in 1830. There is a name check for Alfred Parker's chemist's shop in Uttoxeter where the Balls can be bought. The first page has the 1830 company trademark illustration of a horse before and after taking the medicine.

Veterinary medical ephemera. Veterinary drugs (general). Box 2

Cupiss' constitution balls for horses, cattle & sheep : are superior to all other medicine, and less expensive by reason of their lasting benefit, in cases of swelled legs, grease, cracked heels, surfeit, staring coat, colic, hide bound, loss of appetite, hove or blown, influenza, broken wind, strangles, sore throats, epidemic, coughs, colds, distemper, disordered liver, scouring, rot in sheep, gargate, conditioning, wasting, preserving health, &c. ... / Francis Cupiss.

Possibly a magazine insert. Printed in red-brown ink on peach coloured paper. The text is inside a single line border with a cross inside a circle device at every corner. In the centre is a large illustration of the brand name on a decorative banner diagonally across a rectangle of colour with small vignettes of cows and sheep in fields above and below.

The popular diet for all young and immature stock : unequalled for quality and reasonable in price : as good for cattle as for sheep : Holland's Britannia lamb and calf food / F.E. Holland.

Advertising handbill printed in black ink on pale blue-green paper. Surrounded by a three line border with decorative devices at the corners.

Genuine crushed linseed : containing all the natural oil / Parkinsons, chemists, Burnley.

Product list printed in black on white paper.

Burroughs Wellcome & Co. sex hormones in veterinary practice / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.)

Bottle label printed in black ink on white paper. Text surrounded by a double line border.

Astley's pneumonic mixture for the pleuro-pneumonia or lung disease, in cattle, horses, sheep, &c. : shake the bottle / prepared only by John Astley.

Tin or bottle label surrounded by a double line border. Printed in black ink on white paper.

Fowke & Aston's mange wash : for the cure of mange in horses, cattle and dogs ... / prepared only by Fowke & Aston.

An advertising leaflet. Printed in blue ink on white paper.

Prepared peat moss litter ...  a useful, comfortable, and health-promoting bedding for dogs and birds ... /cLiverine Limited.

Fly and maggot oils, poison : this preparation is a safe and certain remedy for preventing the Fly striking, and for killing maggots and tick ... / G.A. Davis.

Tin or bottle label printed in black ink on white paper. Double line border around the edges.

Veterinary petroleum jelly / Parker, chemist, Uttoxeter.

"Urgent order card" for Days' cow and sheep medicines. Printed in blue on white card.

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The popular diet for all young and immature stock : unequalled for quality and reasonable in price : as good for cattle as for sheep : Holland's Britannia lamb and calf food / F.E. Holland.

Genuine crushed linseed : containing all the natural oil / Parkinsons, chemists, Burnley.

Burroughs Wellcome & Co. sex hormones in veterinary practice / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.)

Astley's pneumonic mixture for the pleuro-pneumonia or lung disease, in cattle, horses, sheep, &c. : shake the bottle / prepared only by John Astley.

Fowke & Aston's mange wash : for the cure of mange in horses, cattle and dogs ... / prepared only by Fowke & Aston.

Prepared peat moss litter ... a useful, comfortable, and health-promoting bedding for dogs and birds ... /cLiverine Limited.

Fly and maggot oils, poison : this preparation is a safe and certain remedy for preventing the Fly striking, and for killing maggots and tick ... / G.A. Davis.

Veterinary petroleum jelly / Parker, chemist, Uttoxeter.

Order for calving & lambing medicines : to be forwarded at once, carriage paid / Day & Sons Ltd.

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The popular diet for all young and immature stock : unequalled for quality and reasonable in price : as good for cattle as for sheep : Holland's Britannia lamb and calf food / F.E. Holland.

Genuine crushed linseed : containing all the natural oil / Parkinsons, chemists, Burnley.

Burroughs Wellcome & Co. sex hormones in veterinary practice / Burroughs Wellcome & Co. (The Wellcome Foundation Ltd.)

Astley's pneumonic mixture for the pleuro-pneumonia or lung disease, in cattle, horses, sheep, &c. : shake the bottle / prepared only by John Astley.

Fowke & Aston's mange wash : for the cure of mange in horses, cattle and dogs ... / prepared only by Fowke & Aston.

Prepared peat moss litter ... a useful, comfortable, and health-promoting bedding for dogs and birds ... /cLiverine Limited.

Fly and maggot oils, poison : this preparation is a safe and certain remedy for preventing the Fly striking, and for killing maggots and tick ... / G.A. Davis.

Veterinary petroleum jelly / Parker, chemist, Uttoxeter.

Order for calving & lambing medicines : to be forwarded at once, carriage paid / Day & Sons Ltd.

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