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A reproduction of a full-page 1853 Patent Medicine Advertisement for Davis' Inflammatory Extirpator. This cure-all elixir makes such outrageous claims as being able to fix toothaches, spinal affections, urinary and kidney diseases, flatulency and sea sickness!

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Document size: 11" x 14"

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