Ayer’s Cathartic Pills Sealed Victorian Medicine

From the archive — this piece has found its home and is no longer available.

Terrific condition

SKU: MS0105 Categories: ,

Original sealed package of Victorian medicine Ayers Cathartic Pills. Package contains a labelled bentwood pill box. Prepared by Dr. J.C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass., U.S.A. Ayer’s claimed the pills were “compounded from the extracted and concentrated virtues of purely vegetable substances, and combine the choicest cathartic principles in medicine”. Ayer’s Pills are adapted for curing ailments of the stomach, liver, and bowels. They cure jaundice, indigestion, headache, dizziness, and biliousness.

2 x 1 x .75 inches

Weight 0.25 kg
Dimensions 10 × 5 × 5 cm