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Cough - Treatment

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Images about Cough - Treatment

8 images from works
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • A box of Aspro (analgesic and flu remedy) among falling autumn leaves. Colour lithograph after Damour, ca. 1930 (?).
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.
  • A pharmaceutical chemist demonstrating the effect of Pectoral San Andres on the lungs. Colour lithograph.
  • A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.
  • Pomada Aspaime, a remedy for respiratory complaints: advertisement. Colour lithograph, ca. 1910.
  • Honey-flavoured cough sweets in the form of bees. Colour lithograph, ca. 1900.
  • A woman throwing boxes of the cough-remedy Pulmoserina at lions; representing the ability of Pulmoserina to provide defence against respiratory diseases. Colour lithograph.

Works from the collections

25 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    A fire-eater kindling fire in his lungs with the remedy Thermogène. Colour lithograph by Leonetto Cappiello, 1909.

    | Leonetto Cappiello | Date: 1909 | Reference: 41333i
    • Pictures

    A little girl ill in bed with a cough; advertising Zeller's cough syrup. Colour lithograph after A. Engel, 1940.

    | Engel, A. | Date: [1940] | Reference: 689587i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    A pharmaceutical chemist demonstrating the effect of Pectoral San Andres on the lungs. Colour lithograph.

    | Zoilo Ruiz A & Ca (Barranquilla y Cúcuta, Colombia) | Date: [1925?] | Reference: 45269i
    • Books

    Carapēntira vaitya muṟaikaḷ : kāsa, cvāsa cikitsai / patippāciriyarkaḷ K. Vāsutēva Cāstiri, Dr. S. Veṅkaṭṭarājaṉ.

    | Carapēntirar. | Date: 1957
    • Ephemera

    Vick original cough syrup. chesty : relieves and helps clear chesty coughs. no drowsiness / Procter & Gamble Ltd.

    | Date: [1996?]
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