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Red Cross Pills Advertises Blood Pressure Health Aid
An old advertisement touts Red Cross Pills as a laxative and blood pressure remedy. It claims the pills curb fat storage by cooling the blood and lowering arterial tension, stimulate liver kidney stomach and bowels, and aid conditions like appendicitis gall stones dyspepsia biliousness sick headache dropsy and constipation. Sold by druggists in screw-top bottles for 25 cents with a Red Cross insignia.
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