Thumbnails of Helfand Slide Talk - 17
Slide #17: If you have a "soreness in the region of the liver, across the stomach below the ribs," the message on the reverse of this card directed you to Judson's Mountain Herb Pills, a specific in bilious fever, dysentery, diarrhea, chills and fevers, among other possibilities. In an age when treatment by physicians was not always reliable, and was certainly more expensive that proprietary medicines, such directions were more appreciated that they might be today.