Patent Medicine

Title

Patent Medicine

Creator

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Description

Collection of publications issued by patent medicine companies from the 19th to 20th centuries. Patent medicine companies in this collection are mostly located in Canada and the United States, particularly around Toronto and Boston, as well as the United Kingdom, France, and Germany. The collection includes pamphlets, almanacs, calendars, cookbooks, medical formularies, broadsides, and other ephemera.

Subject

Patent medicines

Publisher

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Date

1800-1987

Contributor

Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library

Type

Image
Text

Source

Rights

In general permission to copy does not convey the right to reproduce or publish the material. However, in the majority of cases the material in our collections is in the public domain. The Library is committed to broadening access to our materials, therefore we do not charge a rights or use fee, and permission to publish is not required. We request that you cite the source in the form: 

Courtesy of the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto 

For unpublished or copyrighted material patrons are responsible for obtaining appropriate rights, including ascertaining the applicable copyright, donor, privacy, and other legal requirements for reproduction and for any other use other than that for research or private study. A good source of information on Canadian copyright law can be found at the Canadian Intellectual Property Office website.

Identifier

patmed

Collection Items

Tell-tale: a game of love.
A nineteenth-century pamphlet, published by Adams & Sons Co. in Toronto, advertising their medicinal product: Adams' Pepsin tutti frutti aids digestion.

The Taber calendar cook book.
A twentieth-century cookbook almanac, published by The Alberta Drug & Stationary Co. in Taber, Alberta.

Chart of cases.
A nineteenth-century broadside, published by the American Dentaphone Co. in Cincinnati, Ohio, advertising the Dentaphone.

Art in medical history.
A twentieth-century illustrated medical history pamphlet containing images of sculptures, pottery, paintings, engravings, and other forms of art, published by The Arlington Chemical Co., The New York Pharmacal Association, and The Palisade…

The famous female specific, the extract of Celastrusina blossom.
A twentieth-century medical pamphlet by Dr. J. Ashworth Pharmacy Co. in Denver, Colorado.

Ayer’s American Almanac: for the use of farmers, planters, mechanics, mariners, and all families.
A nineteenth-century almanac by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Ayer’s American Almanac: for the use of farmers, planters, mechanics, mariners, and all families.
A nineteenth-century almanac by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Ayer’s American Almanac: for the use of farmers, planters, mechanics, mariners, and all families.
A nineteenth-century almanac by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Ayer’s American Almanac: for the use of farmers, planters, mechanics, mariners, and all families.
A nineteenth-century almanac by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.

Ayer’s American Almanac: for the use of farmers, planters, mechanics, mariners, and all families.
A nineteenth-century almanac by Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. in Lowell, Massachusetts.
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