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"Mizpah" Valved Droppers and Eye Pipettes
...Preserve the liquid used pure and free from any substance that may be in the rubber bulb. The valved stopper prevents the liquid from entering the bulb. The point is long and will reach well into a deep bottle.
Walter F. Ware, 70 North 3rd St., Philadelphia, Pa. ...
Promotional trading cards of all types were popular during the Victorian era (soap, tonics, sewing machines, shirts, hats, etc.), and patent medicines were no exception. People would collect and trade these trading cards. Manufactures of patent medicines would design and print these cards, then provide them as promotional giveaways to the drug stores that carried their patent medicines. Many cards have survived and the artwork in many cases is magnificent.
As a complimentary service, RXinsider provides FREE, high-resolution downloads of many vintage pharmacy ads and imagery. Simply complete the form on the following webpage, and you will be presented with a download button to download the files for printing and framing in a .zip file.