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Illustrated booklet with a story about 2 black men and a railroad written in heavy southern states black dialect advertising the Swift Specific Company's old indian recipe, S.S.S. which was supposed to cure scrofula, consumption, eczema, skin disease, sewer gas …
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Illustrated booklet with a story about 2 black men and a railroad written in heavy southern states black dialect advertising the Swift Specific Company's old indian recipe, S.S.S. which was supposed to cure scrofula, consumption, eczema, skin disease, sewer gas poison, catarrh, rheumatism, cancer and ward off sudden death. 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, potash and sarsaparilla for therapeutic purposes.
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