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Form Letter on Antikamnia [Letter to Lawrence F. Flick of Philadelphia, PA]

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Title

Form Letter on Antikamnia [Letter to Lawrence F. Flick of Philadelphia, PA]

Subject

Antikamnia Chemical Company
Letter
Philadelphia
Commerce
Heroin
Codeine
Laxatives
Tablets
Poisons

Description

A form letter sent from the Antikamnia Chemical Company to Lawrence F. Flick, a Philadelphia physician.
The letter advertises Antikamnia's laxative and "Five-Grain" tablets.
A sample box of each tablet was delivered with the letter in May, 1901.

Creator

Antikamnia Chemical Co.

Source

Original Image In: Form Letter on Antikamnia, Antikamnia Chemical Co., St. Louis MO., ca 1890-1900, Antikamnia Chemical Company 6., Medical Trade Ephemera Collection, Historical Medical Library of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Publisher

Digitized by the Historical Medical Library of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia

Date

ca 1890-1900

Language

eng

Identifier

AntikamniaChemicalCo.6.FormLetterOnAntikamnia

Date Created

2017

Temporal Coverage

Late 19th Century

Spatial Coverage

Philadelphia (Pa.)

Original Format

Form Letter

Physical Dimensions

27 x 21 cm

Citation

Antikamnia Chemical Co., “Form Letter on Antikamnia [Letter to Lawrence F. Flick of Philadelphia, PA],” The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Digital Library, accessed March 29, 2024, https://cppdigitallibrary.org/items/show/6757.

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