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Advertising card issued by J. Forrester promoting various branded pharmaceutical products. Showing a Tide Table overleaf.

Drug advertising ephemera. Box 38

Forrester's Neuralgic Mixture : cures toothache and neuralgia. Never fails. One shilling bottles.

Magazine insert issued by Chemipharm advertising Praecimal, active against headaches and migraines, and overleaf, Stufentherapie (Prednirheumin-kombi), active against the symptoms of asthma.

Drug advertising ephemera. Box 26

1 sheet : monochrome (purple) ; 30 x 21 cm

Chemipharm präsentiert: Praecimal : Chemipharm präsentiert: Stufentherapie Prednirheumin-kombi.

Advertising card issued by Carter Medicine Co. promoting Carter's Little Liver Pills, active against headaches.

Drug advertising ephemera. Box 25

Mamma. Do take some of Carter's Little Liver Pills they always cure your sick headache.

One of a series of leaflets ("masters") issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Migril, a headaches and migraines remedy containing caffeine and the ergot derivative ergotamine. Showing an illustration by William John Eccles of three aristocratic dinner guests.

Drug advertising ephemera. Box 22

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : colour ; 21 x 26 cm folded to 21 x 13 cm

'Migril' masters migraine : "the toast is 'Migril'".

One novelty hexagonal spinning top game issued by Carter Medicine Co. advertising Carter's Little Liver Pills. Item originally encased in envelope (EPH/299/32). Game requires a stick to be placed through its middle in order to spin it, much like a die.

Carter's Little Liver Pills.

One of a series of leaflets (traditional headache remedies) issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Migril, a remedy for headaches and migraines containing caffeine and the ergot derivative ergotamine. Showing a man placing a tin platter upon his head in order to cure his headache, as quoted 'The Gentlemen's Magazine Library' (1884).

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : colour ; 28 x 22 cm folded to 14 x 22 cm

Migril masters migraine : to cure a headache : "set a dish or platter of tynne upon the bare head."

Novelty game piece (dominoes) issued by Carter Medicine Co. advertising Carter's Litle Liver Pills, active against constipation, indigestion, nausea and headache. Showing a picture of a crow on the front side, overleaf the design on a domino chip is shown. Part of a larger collection of pieces.

For constipation biliousness sick headache complexion : Carter's Little Liver Pills.

One of a series of leaflets ("masters") issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Migril, a headaches and migraines remedy containing caffeine and the ergot derivative ergotamine. Showing an illustration by William John Eccles of a gangster receiving his purloined loot.

'Migril' masters migraine : even master minds can be slaves to migraine.

One of a series of leaflets ("masters") issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Migril, a headaches and migraines remedy containing caffeine and the ergot derivative ergotamine. Showing an illustration by William John Eccles of a fisherman aside some boats.

'Migril' masters migraine : whatever their calling sufferers from migraine can, by carrying a supply of 'Migril', dispel all fear of an attack.

Advertisement issued by F. Coutts & Sons for Coutts' Acid, used as a remedy for neuralgia, indigestion, rheumatism, sciatica, constipation, bronchitis, headaches, and various dermatological conditions.

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Forrester's Neuralgic Mixture : cures toothache and neuralgia. Never fails. One shilling bottles.

Chemipharm präsentiert: Praecimal : Chemipharm präsentiert: Stufentherapie Prednirheumin-kombi.

Mamma. Do take some of Carter's Little Liver Pills they always cure your sick headache.

'Migril' masters migraine : "the toast is 'Migril'".

Carter's Little Liver Pills.

Migril masters migraine : to cure a headache : "set a dish or platter of tynne upon the bare head."

For constipation biliousness sick headache complexion : Carter's Little Liver Pills.

'Migril' masters migraine : even master minds can be slaves to migraine.

'Migril' masters migraine : whatever their calling sufferers from migraine can, by carrying a supply of 'Migril', dispel all fear of an attack.

A safe & simple home treatment : Coutt's Acid : over 40 years before the public and steadily gaining in popularity.

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Forrester's Neuralgic Mixture : cures toothache and neuralgia. Never fails. One shilling bottles.

Chemipharm präsentiert: Praecimal : Chemipharm präsentiert: Stufentherapie Prednirheumin-kombi.

Mamma. Do take some of Carter's Little Liver Pills they always cure your sick headache.

'Migril' masters migraine : "the toast is 'Migril'".

Carter's Little Liver Pills.

Migril masters migraine : to cure a headache : "set a dish or platter of tynne upon the bare head."

For constipation biliousness sick headache complexion : Carter's Little Liver Pills.

'Migril' masters migraine : even master minds can be slaves to migraine.

'Migril' masters migraine : whatever their calling sufferers from migraine can, by carrying a supply of 'Migril', dispel all fear of an attack.

A safe & simple home treatment : Coutt's Acid : over 40 years before the public and steadily gaining in popularity.

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