3-078-332 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Advertisement for Carter's Little Liver Pills, 1895. 'CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS cure pleasantly, permanently, and unfailingly Torpid Liver, Bilious Headaches, the tendency to Bilious Attacks, Pale and Sallow Skin, Feverishness, &c. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS give the clear eye and bright-coloured complexion of perfect health and beauty. They are purely vegetable, and absolutely harmless. For HEADACHE, DIZZINESS, BILIOUSNESS, TORPID LIVER, CONSTIPATION, SALLOW SKIN, THE COMPLEXION. Exact Size and appearance of Package. SMALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE. THIS IS A VIAL OF CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. It is secured in a white wrapper engraved in blue, and wrapped in a paper which contains the directions for use. 1s. 1½. at the Chemist's. The Vial contains Forty little Sugar-coated Pills, far cheaper than pennyworths of doubtful medicine. One Pill is a dose'. Patent medicine formulated by Samuel J. Carter of Pennsylvania in 1868. The pills, with their trademark black crow, were claimed to cure headache, constipation, dyspepsia, and biliousness. From "Illustrated London News", 1895.