(MEDICINE) Broadside for Andrews Rheumatic Liniment

Sale 2615 - Lot 188

Price Realized: $ 375

?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price

Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600

(MEDICINE.) Broadside for Andrews' Rheumatic Liniment. Letterpress broadside with ornamental border, 19 x 13 1/4 inches; folds and light wrinkling, moderate wear and foxing mainly along left margin. Pawtucket, RI: R.W. Potter, circa 1846-48

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A large and early patent medicine broadside for a miracle liniment which "has never failed to cure, when properly applied; and being an extract, purely from the vegetable kingdom, there is no danger in its use." It was primarily intended for rheumatism, but also recommended for coughs, colds, chilblains, sprains, and cuts, among other ailments. Directions for use are included, along with two testimonial letters, and a long list of satisfied customers. David Andrews of Providence, RI was the manufacturer, and Grosvenor & Chase of the same city its sole authorized agents. The liniment was advertised in various New England newspapers from 1846 to 1848, but we trace no other examples of this broadside.