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Detailed "snake oil" advertisement...
Detailed "snake oil" advertisement...
Item # 693093
March 24, 1840
THE DAILY REGISTER, New Bedford, Massachusetts, March 24, 1840 Among the wealth of ads on the back page is an illustrated one for: "The Indian's Panacea for the cure of Scrofula, or King's Evil; incipient cancers, syphilitic and mercurial diseases, particularly ulcers and painful affections of the bones..." with much more. Today's world would call this classic "snake oil" but such was quite common in the 19th century.
Various news reports and ads of the day, four pages, some minor creases, good condition.
Category: Pre-Civil War
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