Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator
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Title
Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator
Subject
Advertisement for a pain relief medicine.
Description
Depicts two images, the first in which a man has numerous demons causing him pain, such as the Demon of Headache and Demons of Toothache. The second shows the same man smiling and holding the medicine and the demons are hurt in a cloud on the side. It is said that the exact ingredients of Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator are unknown, but opium and ethyl alcohol were part of the mix.
Source
https://www.opioids.com/pain-demons.html
Date
1863
Contributor
Paola Montemayor
Rights
Popular Graphic Arts Collection at the US Library of Congress
Format
image
Language
English
Type
advertisement
Coverage
1800s medicine and advertisement.
Files
Citation
“Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator,” Enlightenmens, accessed March 21, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/557.