Antique Ephemera 1898 Quack Medicine MD Letter & Remedy Advertising Broadside

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Offered for your consideration is an
Antique Ephemera piece...an
1898 Quack Medicine MD Letter from O.K. Yates, MD, a practitioner in West Paris, Maine...also enclosed is a large format  Quack Medicine Remedy Advertising Broadside as shown...the letter is addressed to a family member of one of the Doctor's patients...the letter makes direct reference to stomach trouble ailments including "cod fish diet", "Hydroline- a great restorer of strength and flesh, "Stout six times a day", " brown tablets", "hot salt and water baths", "graham oat-meal, raw oysters" and other recommended foods...quite the up-close look at late 19th Century medical practice at the local level...great graphics on the enclosed advertising piece...original envelope as well...
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