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Jonathan P. Hall & Co. genuine spice bitters, : prepared by Thomas Hollis, No. 23 Union Street ... Boston.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Rare Book Collection Misc Print Collection box 1 no 19
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jonathan P. Hall & Co.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Patent medicines.
- Stomach--Diseases--Treatment.
- Stomach.
- Stomach--Diseases.
- Genre:
- Advertisements -- Patent medicines.
- Penn Provenance:
- Decker, Greg (donor) (RBC copy)
- Larkin-Gilmore, Juliet (donor) (RBC copy)
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (2 unnumbered pages) ; 21 x 16 cm
- Other Title:
- Genuine spice bitters
- Miscellaneous Print Collection. box 1 no 19 PU
- Place of Publication:
- [Boston?] : [publisher not identified], [not before 1853]
- Notes:
- Printed area of p. [1], including ornamental border, measures 7.7 x 4.7 cm. Printed area of p. [2] measures 7.8 x 9.8 cm.
- "Directions. ONE paper of these powders may be infused in a quart of Brandy, Wine, or Spirits, for three days, frequently shaking the bottle, and after settling, the clear may be poured off and kept in a bottle for use. Half a wineglass full of these Bitters may be taken in the morning or at the middle of the fore and afternoon, and repeated so long as occasion may require. These Bitters have been long celebrated for their peculiar virtues in fortifying and strengthening the stomach, they procure an appetite and help digestion, sweeten and purify the blood, remove obstructions, and are one of the best medicines in the Jaundice. They procure a sweetness in the breath, remove all scorbutic and unsavory belching, and preserve from infectious or contagious distempers arising from corrupt air, by keeping the blood in an even temper. They are useful in all seasons of the year, but more particularly so in the spring, by bracing the fibres, and preventing that disagreeable listlessness arising too frequently from relaxation on the approach of warm weather."
- Thomas Hollis is listed in the Boston directory at 23 Union Street from 1853 to at least 1869.
- Local Notes:
- RBC has two copies, both with bleed-through.
- RBC copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2016 by Greg Decker & Juliet Larkin-Gilmore.
- OCLC:
- 82128514
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