Compliments of the Flower Medicine Co

Boston, Massachusetts: Flower Medicine Co, 1884. Very good to near-fine. Some dust soiling, toning, minor chips and self wear.. Trade catalogue advertising remedies produced by R.C. Flower and the Flower Medicine Co. in Boston. Includes lengthy discussions of how Flower remedies have miraculously cured ailments ranging from consumption to cancer, using testimonial letters from amazed customers. One testimonial, titled "Almost a Miracle", claims that Dr. Flower and his remedies brought a small child back to life from the short labored breathing of death". Other afflictions miraculously cured include lameness, scrofula, cramps, cholera, kidney and liver diseases. 12mo (8.75" by 5.75"), pp. [20]. Cancel slip to p. [4]. In original illustrated peach-colored wrappers featuring portrait of R.C. Flowers; on lower wrapper, a stylized illustration of a young woman in nature titled "Hygeia of the 19th Cent." Purple ink stamps of druggist (Sheldon & Co. of Middlebury, VT) to upper wrapper.