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For your consideration is an 1896 advertising booklet, theBRANDRETH PUZZLE BOOK, that promotesBRANDRETH\'S PILLS,ALLCOCK\'S POROUSPLASTERS, andSALVA-CEA OINTMENT.
16 pages plus covers. It measures 4-3/4 inches by 6-3/4 inches. The first photo shows the cover of the booklet and the five pages that contain the puzzles. The remainder of the booklet provides testimonials for the products listed. The back cover shows that this booklet was distributed by GEORGE H. BRAY, Pharmacist, of Westerly, Rhode Island.
Brandreth\'s Pills.Benjamin Brandreth was originally from Liverpool, England. His career began as a teenager when he mixed the herbal ingredients of a laxative his physician grandfather had created and molding the mixture into small pills. At only 19, Brandreth bought out the interests his relatives had in the business and relocated from Liverpool to London. In 1835 he left England, he started buying land along the Hudson River in northern Sing Sing (now Ossining), where he built facilities to produce and distribute his products. Eventually, he was able to build a massive industrial complex.
Allcock\'s Porous Plasters. A joint venture between Thomas Allcock and Dr. Brandreth led to the development of the Allcock Porous Plaster company in Ossining, NY. The plasters were not only supposed to help lumbago – advertisements suggested using them for such varied disorders as quinsy (you had to put a strip of plaster under your chin, stretching from ear to ear), diabetes, St Vitus’s Dance, epilepsy, dyspepsia, diarrhea, coughs and colds, asthma, pleurisy, whooping cough, consumption, ruptures, sciatica, paralysis, rheumatism, tic douloureux and kidney problems.
Salva-cea Ointment. It cures old sores of years standing. It is a a marvel for piles and nasal catarrh. Relief from catarrh comes with first application. For chafing and itching one application is usually sufficient to effect a cure. For frost bites and tender feet it takes away the pain and soreness quickly. For chapped hands and cold sores on the lips it is much better than other preparations. Also, the quickest and most effective remedy for chilblains, sore muscles, skin Irritations. Pure and absolutely safe.CONDITION: The pages are gently rubbed and lightly soiled. The chromolithographs are still colorful. There is some separation from the binding at the top and bottom of the spine. Staples are rusty. The covers are rubbed with heaviest wear at the extremities.PLEASE MOUSE OVER THE PHOTOGRAPHS FOR CONDITION DETAILS.
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