Brown’s Iron Bitters
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Title
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Brown’s Iron Bitters
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Description
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The trade card shows a woman behind broken glass. Cocaine was a known ingredient in this product. As the trade card indicates, health claims for this product included curing “malaria, dyspepsia & female infirmities.” The product was also marketed to cure a variety of maladies such as lack of energy, nervous prostration, and fainting.
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Identifier
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2022-JL-PMA-08
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Creator
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Brown’s Iron Bitters Company
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Date Created
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ca. 1880s
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Source
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U.S. National Library of Medicine
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University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Library
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Relation
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https://library.usa.edu/browns-iron-bitters-0