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Watkins vegetable anodyne liniment

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Description: Image of a double-fold leaflet advertising Watkins Vegetable Anodyne Liniment manufactured by the J.R. Watkins Medical Company of Winona, Minnesota; image of horse-drawn vehicle, bust-length portrait of J.R. Watkins, directions for use, and list of ailments it can be used to treat on recto; shorter advertisements for Watkins Germicide and Watkins Fly Powder and General Insecticide with product packaging images on verso; descriptions of Watkins Vegetable Anodyne Liniment in German and Norwegian also included on verso.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1914
Call number: priJLC_MED_004706
Creator: Last, Jay T

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