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An advertisement for chest and headache medicine cure all, portraying a Japanese nurse as a spirit lighting the way, ca. 1941

National Library of Medicine

Bare-chested Asian female wearing a Red Cross necklace, in the sky with a star in her right hand.
  • Bare-chested Asian female wearing a Red Cross necklace, in the sky with a star in her right hand.

  • Back of postcard has section for handwritten note.

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    中條健胃散 (効能) むねむらいたみによし
    快心丸(効能略述)たいのよわきひと めまひ 目やくふき人によし
    治麻効能略述りんびやう志やうかちによし
    五神丸効能略述あたまよりおこるやまひによし
    効能略述あたまよりおこるやまひによし
    香川縣讃岐國大川郡譽水村
    東賛堂薬舘製造

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    Chūjō stomach medicine (effect) good for chest pain
    Medicine to feel stronger and better (effect summary) good for person feel dizzy and weak
    Medicine for Gonorrhea effect summary works for Gonorrhea
    Medicine for headache effect summary Good for headache
    Main store for alleviation of fever
    Kagawa prefecture, Sanuki, Ōkawa county Yomizu village
    Tosando Pharmacy Production

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