Dr Rooke's Oriental Pills and Solar Elixir Promissory Cure
This 19th century advertisement touts Dr Rooke's Oriental Pills and Solar Elixir as strong restoratives for indigestion liver complaints asthma bronchitis consumption rheumatism gout scrofula debility and nervous disorders. Pills sold 1s 6d and 4s 6d per box Solar Elixir 4s or 1s per bottle. Available from chemists.
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Crosby
Rooke
Scarborough
Jas. M. Crosby
DR. Rooke
United Kingdom
KKAYE
Worsdell
J. Mather
Haddington
The Value of Hair and Its Care in This Essay
Hundreds respond to a writer’s plea for methods to recover prized hair. The pamphlet extols Cantharides Oil and Spanish Fly Oil as remedies, argues hair’s importance to health and aesthetics, and cites observers from Assyrians to poets. It notes hair safeguards against disease and cold, and cites Liebig on hair’s chemical make up.
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Arctic
Milton
Liebig
Panish Fly Featured in Cantharides Oil Adverts
An advertisement for Cantharides Oil by Alex Ross of High Holborn promotes Panish Fly as the active ingredient. It claims quick whisker growth and hair thickening for 3s 6d plus 54 stamps postage. The product lists hair dye and face powder with prices.
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Holesale
Messrs
Alex. Ross
High Holborn
London
Martin’s
Lex. Ross
Lex
Ross
A Ross
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Lambeth
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J.C
BY Alex. Ross
W.C
RGANS
T. C. Lewis and CO
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Isaac Dixon
Hatton Garden
Liverpool
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Paris
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Strand, W.C
Glenfield
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G. Nixby
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