Pain-killer was a gallant knight [inscribed]

Item Overview

Title

Pain-killer was a gallant knight [inscribed]

Alternative title

Perry Davis' Pain Killer

Date Created

[between 1870 and 1906?]

Date

1870/1906

Place of Origin

[Providence (R.I.)]

Language

English

Collection

Patent Medicine Trade Cards
History and Special Collections for the Sciences Collection

Notes

Description

Claudia - attention
Part of a series of cards issued separately, that when collected form a poetic description of heroic dominion over pain, with illustrations of knights jousting. Also included are claims of the remedy's effectiveness.
Original trade card forms part of: Collection no. 311, History & Special Collections for the Sciences, Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library, UCLA.

Caption

Poem from card no. 1: Pain-Killer was a gallant knight by brigands fierce beset, quoth lusty leader, "By our might, but here's a foe well met; If you'd your fame retain, you must my goodly fellows best in whatsoever mode of thrust..." Poem from card no. 2: Then up spake Señor Croup, a churl bedecked with children's scalps, "Upon my javelin's point I'll hurl this bumpkin high as Alps." Pain-Killer set his lance, they met with mingled crash and whoop, and Straightway in the dust was set... Poem from card no. 3: "Now, by our halidome!" quoth one, Don Rheumatism by name, "By battle-axe thou'lt be undone thro' this good weapon's fame!" "Quick to the test", Pain-Killer said, the steeds were urged anew, and lo! Don Rheumatism's head was cloven quite in two. Poem from card no. 4:
...It is just the thing needed so many times in the home, when traveling, and when hunting or fishing. Keep it handy for use in case of accidents or sudden illness...To mothers: Pain Killer cures Croup, Whooping Cough, Cholera Morbus, and other children's ailments...Pain Killer cures Burns, Bruises, Scalds, Insect Bites, &c...Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Sciatica, Lumbago, &c., are always relieved at once by, and a cure will follow the faithful use of, Pain Killer. Bathe the parts affected with Pain Killer, and wrap with a woolen cloth saturated with same. An ordinary dose internally will do good...In many districts where Fever and Ague prevails, the efficacy of Pain Killer is well known...No other medicine on earth is so efficacious as Pain Killer in cases of Colic, Cramps and all Summer Complaints...If the case is unusually severe, bathe the bowels freely with Pain Killer, after taking internally a teaspoonful in sweetened hot water or milk...It will always give relief in cases of Lumbago, Rheumatism and kindred disorders, and will cure most cases, if used faithfully according to directions...

Physical Description

Extent

5 prints (trade cards)

Dimensions

11.3 x 7.4 cm.

Keywords

Genre

trade cards

Location

United States

Resource type

still image

Subjects

Pain--Treatment
Knights
Horses
Jousting
Pain--drug therapy--Advertisements.
Drugs, Non-Prescription--Advertisements
Patent medicines