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Humphrey’s specific homeopathic remedies

Description: Image of an advertisement for Humphrey’s specific homeopathic remedies with a printed trompe l'oeil frame; twining botanical embellishment around center image of a sculpture of a nude woman seated with a lion with a motto carved on its base, "The mild power subdues. Similia similibus curantur."
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: after 1853
Call number: priJLC_MED_002612
Creator: Last, Jay T(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Gift of Jay T. Last, 2005. This collection forms part of the Jay T. Last collection of graphic arts and social history, which was donated to the Huntington Library by Jay T. Last in 2005 as a gift in progress. The bulk of the medicine prints were transferred to the Library between 2010 and 2012.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
Associated people: Anderson, Walter W. (1807-1875.); Aspinwall, Horatio G. (1819-1896.); Bannan, Benjamin, (1824-); Crosby, Charles H., (1807-1883.); Haehnlen, Jacob, (approximately 1824-); Hanford, Albert,; Hawkins, Ezekiel C.; King, W. A.; Reed, Edwin O.,; Shields, C.; Stevens, H. R.; Thoubboron, J.; Tobin, M. F.
Associated organizations: Calvert Lithographing Co. (Detroit, Mich.); Cosack & Co.; Hop Pill Mf'g Co.; J. Ottmann Lithographic Company.; Longacre & Co.; Queen & Co. (Philadelphia, Pa.); Samuel Bowles and Company.; Sarony, Major & Knapp Lith.; Theo. Leonhardt & Son.; Thomas & Eno.; William H. Forbes & Company.
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