Ayer’s Cathartic Pills

Title (Dublin Core): Ayer’s Cathartic Pills
Description (Dublin Core): The trade card shows a battle involving two military soldiers fighting on horseback, with one soldier holding a flag that has “Ayer’s Pills” written on it. “The Fight for the Standard” is written on the bottom of the card. The product was marketed to cure a wide variety of health conditions such as digestive issues, liver disorders, and numbness. Ayer’s Pills were even advertised to cure women’s menstrual ailments, diagnosing them as symptomatic of “wrong livers.”
Identifier (Dublin Core): 2022-JL-PMA-04
Creator (Dublin Core): J. C. Ayer & Company
Date Created (Dublin Core): 1844-1878
Medium (Dublin Core): trade cards
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Massachusetts
Subject (Dublin Core): advertisements; Patent medicines; Drugs, Nonprescription; battlefields; Military uniforms; Digestive organs; Liver--Diseases
Rights (Dublin Core): NO COPYRIGHT - UNITED STATES
Source (Dublin Core): U.S. National Library of Medicine; University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences Library
Relation (Dublin Core): https://library.usa.edu/ayers-cathartic-pills