Swallow Phenyo-Caffein for headache: it touches the spot, and the pain is not

Swallow Phenyo-Caffein for headache: it touches the spot, and the pain is not

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Phenyo-Caffein Co., issuing body.
Publication:
Worcester, Mass. : Phenyo-Caffein Co., [between 1894 and 1900?]
Manufactured: [Boston]: Forbes Co
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Nonprescription Drugs
Headache -- drug therapy
Genre(s):
Advertisement
Abstract:
Advertisement for Phenyo-Caffein pills. Card features a color illustration of a woman sitting on a wooden bench under a tree. She wears a purple long dress and has her right hand over her forehead and has her left hand holding out to feed swallows. She has a hat on her lap and a bouquet of flowers is placed on the banch. Several swallows fly around and two of them make an attempt to take a white object from her hand. On back of the card are testimonials dated 1883-1894.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 trade card : 17 x 12 cm
Technique:
chromolithograph, color
NLM Unique ID:
101750308 (See catalog record)
OCLC no.:
1370212639
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101750308