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The Bibliophile Sale
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6 West 48th Street
New York, NY 10036-1902 ![]()
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BROADSIDE - QUACK MEDICINE. At Jarratt's Hotel. For Five Days Only. Commencing Friday, April 1st, 1870. Dr. G. Lovatt, Indian Physician. [Petersburg, VA]: Jno. B. Ege's Printing House, 1870. Letterpress broadside with an oval woodcut portrait of Lovatt (480 x 162 mm). Condition: creases, a few minor edge tears. The broadside continues: "The Dr. will treat all chronic or long-standing diseases, such as Catarrh, Dyspepsia, Epileptic Fits, Scrofula, Consumption, Seminal Weakness, Female Weakness, all diseases of the Eye and Ear, Heart, Lungs, Liver, Stomach, Bowels, Blood, Kidnes and Spine. All Diseases of Females. Tape Worms Removed in Twelve Hours. (Call and see some mammoth specimens recently removed.) All Chronic Diseases located, and Symptoms Described without asking a question. Medicine Purely Vegetable. No Cure, No Pay!"ImagesClick on thumbnails to see larger images:
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