Blue and white paper wrapped box. Box is sealed. Box contains 120 wafers (tablets); price one dollar. Dr. Campbell's signature (James P. Campbell, M.D.) serves as trademark. mark on side of box: GUARANTEED ABSOLUTELY SAFE AND / HARMLESS TO ANYBODY. / N. Y. C. R. No. 21. [ "N. Y. C. R. No. 21" refers to the New York City Department of Health regulations for the registration of Proprietary Medicines as amended Dec. 21, 1915.]
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Freckles, moth, black-heads, pimples, vulgar redness, rough, yellow or "muddy" skins and other facial disfigurements are permanently removed and a deliciously clear complexion and "rounding up" of angular forms insured. Also an absolute specific in dyspepsia, habitual constipation, malaria, neuralgia, rheumatism, loss of appetite, lack luster eyes, low spirits, want of vitality, mal-assimilation of food, headache, hay fever, etc. [1887]
| date made | ca 1916 to 1928 |
| date made | ca 1916 to 1928 |
| maker | Campbell, James P. |
| place made | United States: New York, New York City |
| Physical Description | paper (packaging material) |
| Physical Description | arsenic (drug active ingredients) |
| Physical Description | printed (overall; wrapper production method/technique) |
| Measurements | overall: 1 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 7/8 in; 4.445 cm x 6.6675 cm x 2.2225 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of Richard Holstein |
| ID Number | 2008.0062.04 |
| accession number | 2008.0062 |
| catalog number | 2008.0062.04 |
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