Migril masters migraine : to cure a headache : "set a dish or platter of tynne upon the bare head."

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1970
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Migril masters migraine : to cure a headache : "set a dish or platter of tynne upon the bare head.". In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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One of a series of leaflets (traditional headache remedies) issued by Burroughs Wellcome & Co. advertising Migril, a remedy for headaches and migraines containing caffeine and the ergot derivative ergotamine. Showing a man placing a tin platter upon his head in order to cure his headache, as quoted 'The Gentlemen's Magazine Library' (1884).

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1970.

Physical description

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : colour ; 28 x 22 cm folded to 14 x 22 cm

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