Pills Collection (#3)

Box of pills with comic verse on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Boy with doctor and pudding on a comic New Year card
Boy with doctor and humanised pudding on a comic New Year card. Date: circa 1890s

Bathing Machines on the beach at Tenby, Wales Date: circa 1890s

Page of Victorian adverts 1889
A variety of advertisements in The Graphic dated August 1889, showing Nuda Veritas hair restorer, Nubian, black polish for boots and shoes, Nortons Camomile Pills, for indigestion

Information leaflet, Dr Williams Pinkettes, laxative pills
Information leaflet for Dr Williams Pinkettes, tiny laxative pills, sugar coated, entirely vegetable. For constipation, sluggish liver and biliousness. Date: early 20th century

Advert for Beechams Pills 1900
The before and after approach is a mainstay of medical advertising : here it is, used dramatically, if not credibly, by the manufacturers of Beechams Pills. 1900

Tablet, pill on a tongue, mouth

Advert for Beechams Pills 1886
Used in the Palace by Queen Victoria, in the cottage, at sea and when studying. Sold only at wholesale and retail, by the Proprietor, T. Beecham, chemist St. Heens, lancashire. 1886

The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Squills
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Mrs Squills the Chemists Wife. circa 1910

The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Squills
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Miss Squills the Chemists Daughter. circa 1910

The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Squills
Chad Valley, The Round Game of Happy Families, Master Squills the Chemists Son. circa 1910

Advert for Allcocks Porous Plasters for aches and pains WWI
Allcocks Porous Plasters for pain relief, rheumatism in shoulders, stiffness or soreness of muscles, prevent coughs, colds, weak lungs and strengthen weak backs and sides and restore energy. 1915

Christmas card in the shape of medicines -- Seidlitz Powders and Liver Pills (back). (2 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Greetings card in the shape of medicines
Greetings card in the shape of a bottle of medicine (labelled black draught) and a box of little blue pills. circa 1890s

French Happy Families - Pharmacist
French Happy Families - La Famille Potard, Grandmother, Pharmacist. early 20th century

History of medicine. Machinery. cartoning pills. Engraving. 19th century. Colored

Caricature of Frederick Burnaby, traveller and army officer
Caricature of Frederick Gustavus Burnaby (1842-1885), traveller and British army officer. He stood as a Tory candidate for Birmingham in the 1880 General Election, but was unsuccessful. 1880

Beechams Pills Cycle Ad
Theres nothing to beat a play upon words for a catchy slogan - this striking advert is designed to appeal to the cycling public when this sport is enjoying a popular vogue. Date: 1900

Advert / Holloways Pills
Holloways Pills and Ointment for health, youth and beauty Date: circa 1890

Fly to Beechams Pills for Perfect Health - Promo Prochure Date: 1930

Advertisement for Beechams Lung Syrup
Mother Knows Best - Advertisement for Beechams Lung Syrup - for throat and chest, coughs, bronchitis, catarrh and whooping cough. Date: 1930

Beechams Pills advertisement by Bruce Bairnsfather
Take Beechams Pills if you have the hump! Humorous cartoon of a boy on a camel. Unsigned by clearly by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather who seems to have secured a series of advertisements for Beechams

Beechams Pills camouflage themed advertisement
There is no camouflage about Beechams Pills. Advertisement based on the topical interest in camouflage which had been pioneered during the First World War to great effect such as in the case of

Beechams Pills advert with land girl, WW1
That cheerful spirit! Which goes hand in hand with Beechams Pills. A land girl cheerily shovelling what looks like manure during the First World War - all carried out without complaint thanks to

Beechams advertisement by Bruce Bairnsfather
A Good Point to Remember. Advertisement for Beechams Pills featuring a humorous illustration by Bruce Bairnsfather of a British soldier, wrapped up warm against the cold

Advertisement for Shaker Family Pills
Shaker Family Pills Cure Sick Headache. A.J.White, Proprietor, 168 Duane Street, New York

Pinocchio -- ill in bed
Pinocchio -- The doctors came immediately... a Crow, an Owl, and a Talking Cricket. Date: 1911

Advert for Allcocks Plasters for aches and pains WWI
Allcocks Plasters for pain relief, backache, rheumatism, lumbago and any local pain. 1916

Advertisement for Beechams Pills, the Rosebud of Health, 1890 (engraving)
XJF869680 Advertisement for Beechams Pills, the Rosebud of Health, 1890 (engraving) by English School, (18th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Prenez des pilules, prenez des pilules - Dr
XJF867847 Prenez des pilules, prenez des pilules - Dr. Misabin, print made by Arthur Pond after Antione Watteau, 1739 (etching) by English School

Advertisement for Carters Little Liver Pills, c. 1880-1900 (litho)
XJF486363 Advertisement for Carters Little Liver Pills, c.1880-1900 (litho) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Carters Little Liver Pills)

Dr. Comicus Selling his Pills, from The Adventures of Dr. Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune
KW2603357 Dr. Comicus Selling his Pills, from The Adventures of Dr. Comicus or The Frolicks of Fortune, published c.1815 (hand-coloured aquatint) by English School

The Absolute Kings Forced to Swallow the Pill of the Constitution, 1848 (litho)
XIR233264 The Absolute Kings Forced to Swallow the Pill of the Constitution, 1848 (litho) (b/w photo) by French School, (19th century); Musee de la Ville de Paris, Musee Carnavalet, Paris

The Christmas Pudding, a Victorian christmas card (colour engraving)
BAL115522 The Christmas Pudding, a Victorian christmas card (colour engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; English, out of copyright

Woman pouring pills from bottle into hand in studio, (B&W), portrait

Humorous Pharmacy postcard
Young Boy: " Gimme three-pennorth of pills. Chemist: " Anti-bilious?" Young Boy: " No Sir - Fathers bilious!" Date: 1905

Christmas card in the shape of medicines
Christmas card in the shape of a bottle of medicine and boxes of pills for various ailments. circa 1890s

Homoeopathy - homoeopathic tablets. - TopFoto / CW
Homoeopathy - homoeopathic tablets. - © TopFoto/CW

Curious long-tailed macaque (Macaca fascicularis) with stolen items from a visitors backpack in Angkor Thom, Siem Reap, Cambodia, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

lithium aluminium silicate beside three white tablets

Allium sativum, Garlic, whole cloves, bulb and stem of fresh plant, and processed garlic, including chopped cloves, syrup and pearls, view from above

Telehealth, conceptual image C016 / 9784
Telehealth, conceptual image

Blood pressure pills, conceptual image F008 / 3174
Blood pressure pills, conceptual image

Assorted pills in a jar C014 / 1200
Assorted pills in a jar. Assorted drugs and food supplement pills, tablets and capsules in a re-sealable jar, along with a vial containing a vaccine

Sad pill face. Drug capsules arranged on a plate to represent a sad face

Assorted pills on a spoon C014 / 1204
Assorted pills on a spoon. Assorted drugs and food supplement pills, tablets and capsules, on a spoon

Healthcare, conceptual image F006 / 9061
Healthcare, conceptual image

Drugs, artwork F006 / 8822
Drugs, computer artwork

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