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Folder entitled "Constitution Water" containing pages [5?] 6-8 of a printed advertisement extolling the virtues of Daffy's Elixir and declaration by William Hardyman in which he promised to stop the publication and dispersal of handbills reflecting on the efficacy of Dicey's Daffy's Elixir, late 18th century
Advertisement by Joseph J. Richards stating that he still prepares at his own residence at Camp Hill Cottage, Henley, the constitution water which is a cure for strangury, gravel and stone, with list of those who can testify to its efficacy, c.1830.
Memorandum that 6 bottles of the water for Mr. W. Johns cost £1-11-6d, 1832.
Two copies of a pamphlet entitled "The Real Constitution Water: a certain and infallible cure for stone, gravel, strangury... prepared only by Frederick Richards & Co. Ltd....", 1874, containing an introdution by William Washington Richards (claiming that taking the Water could in many cases save the patient from the surgeon's knife), and the written testimonies of many patients, 1874.
Coloured poster advertising the water, late 19th century. |