Brown’s Iron Bitters

Title (Dublin Core): Brown’s Iron Bitters
Description (Dublin Core): 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.
Identifier (Dublin Core): 2022-JL-PMA-08
Creator (Dublin Core): Brown’s Iron Bitters Company
Date Created (Dublin Core): ca. 1880s
Medium (Dublin Core): trade cards
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Baltimore
Subject (Dublin Core): advertisements; photo frames; single-sitter portraits; Women; Patent medicines; Drugs, Nonprescription; Cocaine; Women--Health and hygiene--United States; Malaria
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/browns-iron-bitters-0