An edition of The turkey shootin' (1889)
The turkey shootin'
"our blood is life, for sar'tin" : S.S.S. for the blood
By Swift Specific Company
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Publish Date
1889
Publisher
[Swift Specific Co.]
Language
eng
Pages
20
Description:
Illustrated booklet with a poem about a turkey shoot advertising the Swift Specific Company's old indian recipe, S.S.S. which was supposed to cure scrofula, indolent ulcers, rheumatism, skin cancer (which "is a form of blood poison") and blood poisoning as well as being a spring tonic and encourage a clear complexion by curing acne. S.S.S. stood for: Swift's Syphilitic Specific. Syphilis itself was referred to as "contagious blood poison" by the company. There is a warning about using mercury for therapeutic purposes.