Morison’s Vegetable Pills
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Title
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Morison’s Vegetable Pills
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Description
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The trade card displays an individual looking into a mirror and realizing their body has changed overnight into a medley of vegetables, after consuming a thousand of Morison’s vegetable pills. More commonly known as Morison’s Pills, the product was immensely popular as a universal cure for all diseases caused by blood impurities. James Morison, the creator of the pills, dominated the patent medicine markets with memorable marketing that advocated vegetable-based and herbal cures over established “heavy metal” drugs.
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Identifier
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2022-JL-PMA-07
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Date Created
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19th century
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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/morisons-vegetable-pills
