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Package of Yarrow (Achillea Millefolium) from Allaire, Woodward, and Co., in Peoria, Illinois, c. 1895, and a tin of Yarrow from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Advertisement for Wyamine Sulfate, a medication manufactured by Wyeth to treat depression. This ad was sent by direct mail to a physician practicing in Atlanta, GA.

Front cover of 1889 Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac, advertising Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. The cover features images of Minerva and Hygeia, and a stereotypical image of a Native American family in front of a tipi.

A page from 1889 Wright's Pictorial Family Almanac advertising Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills. The ad features a stereotypical image of a Native American man wearing a headdress and holding a spear.

Tin of Witch Hazel from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Bottle of fluid extract of wild cherry bark from Eli Lilly & Co., c. 1910, and tin of wild cherry extract from a c. 1895 Parke, Davis and Co. Materia Medica case.

Advertisement for Quiactin (oxanamide), manufactured by the William S. Merrell Company. The ad appeared in the journal Postgraduate Medicine on October 1, 1958. The ad reports that Quiactin provides greater tranquility without drowsiness.

Advertisement for Librium (chlordiazepoxide HCI), a medication manufactured by Roche Laboratories to reduce anxiety. The ad appeared in the journal Medical Economics on January 6, 1975. The ad reports that Librium relieves excessive anxiety in…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Cas-Evac, a laxative. The blotter advertises the use of Cas-Evac when you want a laxative to add to your liquid prescriptions, noting its compatibility with other prescriptions and equal…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Viderol. The advertisment states that the product provides "high dosage vitamin D 50,000 units, mixed tocopherols 50mg, [and] desicated whale bile 150mg." It is supplied in bottles of 100…

Advertisement for Librium (chlordiazepoxide HCI), a medication manufactured by Roche Laboratories to reduce anxiety. The ad appeared in the journal Medical Economics on January 7, 1974. The ad reports that Librium effectively relieves anxiety that…

Advertisement for Tentone (methoxypromazine maleate), manufactured by Lederle Laboratories. The ad appeared in the journal Postgraduate Medicine on August 1, 1959. The ad reports that Tentone relieves mild to moderate emotional and psychosomatic…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Vitamin B Extract. The advertisement desrcibes the product as "a palatable wheat germ fortified with thiamin chloride (crystalline vitamin B1)." It is indicated in "prevention and…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Vitamin B Complex, Kapseals Combex. These Kapseals contain vitamins B1, B2, B6, Nicotinic Acid, Pantothenic Acid, and other components of the vitamin B complex derived from the liver. The…

Advertisement for Vistaril, (hydroxyzine pamoate), manufactured by Pfizer Laboratories. The ad appeared in the journal Medical Economics on January 9, 1967. The ad recommends Vistaril for anxiety associated with neuroses, alcoholism, and the…

Advertisement for Vistaril, (hydroxyzine pamoate), manufactured by Pfizer Laboratories. The ad appeared in the journal GP on August 1, 1959. The ad recommends Vistaril for anxiety due to tension and for its antihistaminic effect when treating…

Advertisement for Vistaril, (hydroxyzine pamoate), manufactured by Pfizer Laboratories. The ad appeared in the journal Medical Economics on January 1, 1978. The ad recommends Vistaril for preoperative anxiety.

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Viderol. The advertisement states that use of the product "in rheumatoid arthritis is based on numerous reports concerning high dosage vitamin D, promising results with tocopherols in…

Parke Davis collectible ink blotter from the 1940s advertising Viderol. The advertisement states that use of the product "in rheumatoid arthritis is based on numerous reports concerning high dosage vitamin D, promising results with tocopherols in…

Advertisement for Verstran, (prazepam), manufactured by Warner/Chilcott. The ad appeared in the journal Medical Economics on January 1, 1978. The ad introduces Verstran as a new, effective treatment for anxiety.