This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
A World of Patent Medicines and Curious Tales
A long survey of patent remedies praises Avil’s Pins and Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery as cures for liver and other ailments. It then catalogs household tips, skin treatments, and antiquated quackery, interleaved with anecdotes on grafting, happiness, politics, crime, and postal delays, all framed in a 19th century newsy voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avil
Mexico
Central American
Andes
Pampas
South America
Afheny
India
Asia
Australia
Pacific
Balt. Courier
Pierce
Dx Warren
California
Nattie ‘Thomas
Waterbury
Conn
Botton
Thomas
Miss Thomas
Harper's Bazaar