1934 ALKA-SELTZER NERVINE Quack Medicine Booklet "Excess Acidity Versus Health" For Sale

Vintage1934 Miles Laboratories advertising booklet for Alka-Seltzer, Nervine,and other patent medicines.

• The booklet is titled Excess Acidity Versus Health,and itmeasures 4¾" 6¾", with 32 pages.
• It was published in 1934 by Dr. Miles Laboratories of Elkhart, Indiana,and is filled with testimonials on its various patent medicines fromreputable and satisfied patient-customers.
• Its most prominently featured product is Nervine,available in liguid or pill form, a patent medicine that calmed thenerves. Its main active ingredient was bromide, and it remained on themarket as a "calmative" until the late 1960s.
• Among the company's other medicines advertised in thebooklet are Aspir-Mint, Laxative Tablets, and Alka-Seltzer,a compound we still use today that had been discovered at the Dr. MilesLaboratories in 1932 and was advertised as a "Common Sense Wayto Relieve Everyday Aches and Pains."
• The first inside page of the booklet has a pair of NRA(National Recovery Administration) symbols with the slogan"We Do Our Part" — identifying the company's commitment tothe National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933 (NIRA), a law passed byCongress to regulate industry for fair wages and prices that wouldstimulate economic recovery.
• The back cover has artwork of a running football player, with a balltucked under his arm.
• Condition: This booklet is in very goodcondition, bright, tight,and clean, with a faint dimple on the front cover and nomarks or writing. Pleasesee the scans and feel free to ask any questions.
• The booklet is undated and was published circa 1934,based on references in the contents.
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