Ayer's Sarsaparilla : purifies the blood, improves the complexion, makes the weak strong : "How fair she grows from day to day" : she uses Ayer's Sarsaparilla / [Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.].

  • Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.
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[between 1880 and 1889?]
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Ayer's Sarsaparilla : purifies the blood, improves the complexion, makes the weak strong : "How fair she grows from day to day" : she uses Ayer's Sarsaparilla / [Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.]. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Colour poster suggesting their sarsaparilla made women beautiful, featuring a blond, blue-eyed girl in a blue dress with a pink ribbon on the lapel. "A highly concentrated extract of the genuine Honduras Sarsaparilla and other choice medicinal roots, alterative, diuretic ... and tonic ... with the iodes of potassium and iron". It was supposed to cure scrofula, lassitude, debilityand impure blood.

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[Lowell, Mass.] : [Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co.], [between 1880 and 1889?]

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1 broadside : color illustrations ; 73 cm

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