The Medicine Show

th e m e dicin e s h o w in d ex the medicine show: ads, remedies and diets 1853-1953 special contents, copyright 2004 bellis press

remedies argon spring water 1898 asthmador 1944 ayer's ague 1898 dr. j. hostetter's celebrated stomach bitters 1856 blood poison (sss tonic) 1883 blood balm 1898 roy's blood purifier 1890 blue jay corn ender 1921 dr. e.c. west's brain treatment 1882 brou's injection 1897 brown's iron bitters 19th century dr. bull's cough syrup 1901 fairyfoot bunion relief 1920 burdashaw's cure 1898 pitcher's castoria 1897 paine's celery compound 1889 ayer's cherry pectoral 1897 clear-tone for pimples 1923 ayer's cough syrup 1901 chamberlain's cough remedy 19th century cuticura 1885 dolly dimpler 1924 dr. miles' nervine 1944 egyptian regulator tea 19th century foley's honey and tar 1905 formula n 1900 gloria tonic 19th century hall's vegetable sicilian hair renewer 19th century hentz's bitters 1904 hill's bromide 1926 hood's sarsaparilla 1898 dr. humphrey's specifics 19th century rexall orderlies laxative 1920 mozley's lemon elixir 1905 dr. thatcher's liver and blood syrup 1905 barry's southern malarial antidote 1898 smith's extract of mayflower 1885 mclane's liver pills 1888 scott's emulsion 1900 j. newton hathaway, m.d. 1901 peabody medical institute 1898 book on the nerves 1919 pabst extract 1904 pazo pile ointment 1944 pe-ru-na 1901 p.p.p. 1889 p.p.p. 1897 radam's microbe killer 1890

radam's microbe killer 1898 dr. radcliffe's family medicines 1877 radway's pills 1890 radway's ready relief 1890 salicylica rheumatism cure 1882 santal midy 1902 sarsaparilla; elixir of opium 1853 schenck's seaweed tonic 1890 simmons liver regulator 19th century simmons liver regulator 1883 s.s.s. 1890 s.s.s. 1926 hostetter's celebrated stomach bitters 1882 dr. kilmer's swamp-root 1901 syrup of figs 1902 terraline 1897 h.g.c. 1890 wilbor's cod liver-oil and lime 1883 williams' indian pile ointment 1884 woolridge's wonderful cure 1890

weight control belcor bath treatments 1923 cal-par reducing plan 1944 dainty-form fat reducing cream 1924 dr. folt's soap for reducing 1924 dr. lawton's fat reducer 1923 fayro baths 1929 dr. jeanne walter's famous medicated rubber garments 1917 dr. jeanne walter's famous medicated rubber garments 1919 flo-ra-zo-na bath cartons 1921 flo-ra-zo-na bath cartons 1923 star developing system 1929 kellerman's "the body beautiful" 1921 kelp-i-dine 1944 dr. lawton's fat reducer 1921 lenore ankle reducers 1924 earle e. liederman army of athletes 1921 madame elaine's discovery 1924 marmola 1929 marmola prescription tablets 1923 industrial rubber company 1929

prosthetics, devices anita nose adjuster 1923 anita nose adjuster 1924 philo burt back brace 1917 the allen bath system 19th century taperite finger tapers 1924 renulife violet ray 1920 s-l garter co. 1920 the star electric massage vibrator 1920

straitoe adjustable toe brace insole 1923

booklets mcelree's wine of cardui (32 pp) 1898 taylor's cherokee remedy (28 pp) 19th century dr. miles' treating by mail (8 pp) 1894 dr. pierce's pleasant purgative pellets (8 pp) 19th century hood's sarsaparilla (a story in alphabet) (16 pp) 19th century the kickapoo indians (20 pp) 1890 no to bac (26 pp) 1898 papine opium preparation (12 pp) 19th century orange blossom specific (8 pp) 19th century ramon's brownie pills (4 pp) 19th century sss tonic ('a georgia possum') (20 pp) 1895 sunny side of life (13 pp, partial) 1934 syrup of figs (8 pp) 19th century walker's california vinegar bitters (6 pp) 19th century ziron iron tonic (20 pp) 19th century

diets "those three meals a day" (21 pp) 1921 good housekeeping bread diet (10 pp) 1937 donut diet (7 pp) 1940s? hollywood diet (26 pp) 1953 hood's sarsaparilla cook book (21 pp) 1877 "cookery for the sick and convalescent" (8 pp) lowney's cookbook, 1912 "how to know a child's food requirement" (6 pp) nutrition and health, 1924 american cereal co. "we feed the world" (cover) 1889 "rules of diet for patients under homeopathic treatment" 19th century "menus for the week" the cook, 1885

men's health german electro-galvanic men's suspensory belt 1889 hygienic hot air and vapor bath (3 pp) 19th century radical cure of abdominal hernia or rupture (3 pp) 19th century testicura restores manly vigor 1898 state medical institute (restores manly vigor) 1900 physician's institute brings perfect manhood 1897

women's health natural uterine supporter (5 pp) 1881 annette bust reducer 1924 cardoseptic detergent douche (2 pp) 19th century wine of cardui 1905 wine of cardui (2 pp) 1898 bradfield's female regulator 1898 finger gymnastics 1917 gerstle's female panacea (gfp) 1905 lydia pinkham "an operation avoided" 1898

lydia e. pinkham's vegetable compound 1904 hagan's magnolia balm 19th century margaret sanger "woman and the new race" book ad 1921 mother's friend liniment 1897 nujol laxative 1921 olive company bust developer 1923 paine's celery nerve restorer and blood purifier 1898 rieger's flower drops perfume 1920 dr. perkey's elastic abdominal supporter (2 pp) 19th century pe-ru-na catarrh medication 1903 smith's extract of may flower 1884