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Dr Kilmer's ocean-weed heart remedy Trade card.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Advertising cards.
- Patent medicines.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : [publisher not identified], [approximately 1860-1900]
- Notes:
- A series of theatrically displayed pastoral views were used to promote products marketed by Dr. Kilmer & Co. of Binghamton, New York. A maritime setting has been chosen for the Ocean-Weed Heart Remedy, which was recommended if the "heart thumps after sudden effort, skips beats or flutters," as well as for edema, vertigo, neuralgia, and other ailments. William H. Helfand, from 'The Picture of Health: Images of Medicine and Pharmacy from the William H. Helfand Collection' (1991), p. 114.
- Collection reference: 1989-8-50
- Please note that some of the metadata for this document has been drawn from the Philadelphia Museum of Art's catalogue.
- Title from publisher's website.
- Description based on publisher metadata (last viewed April 22, 2025).
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