Judge, 1890-12-06 · page 3 of 52
Judge — December 6, 1890 — page 3: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page is primarily a **patent medicine advertisement**, not political satire. It advertises Beecham's Pills, a British laxative that was heavily marketed in America during the late 19th/early 20th century. The image shows two classical female figures (likely representing Health and Beauty) shaking hands in endorsement. The ad promises the pills cure "bilious and nervous disorders" including headache, constipation, and indigestion. The satirical angle—evident from its placement in *Judge*—likely mocks the **extravagant medical claims** of patent medicines. The grandiose classical imagery and promises of curing multiple ailments through one pill exemplify the dubious advertising practices that magazines like *Judge* regularly ridiculed. Beecham's Pills were real but notoriously overhyped as cure-alls.
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> | i Go our Readers. $F $e THIS exquisite itlstration, whichis perhaps the most artistic study yet produced in the form of an advertisement, depicts bal Comms Beanty 4 *: ‘must avail herself of those provisions hich science has discovered to repel or cure disorders, the premizr of which is BEECHAM'S PILLS 4 CA Wonderful Medicine, and yustly worthy of its Enormous Popularity. 4 - MiTHoUT RIVAL / THIS: ‘WONDERFUL MEDIGINE BILIOUS 2% NERVOUS DISORDERS SICK HEADACHE, CONSTIPATION, WEAK STOMACH, IMPAIRED DIGESTION, DISORDERED LIVER, &. 18 THE MOST MARVELOUS ANTIDOTE YET DISCOVERED. Prepared only by THOS. BEECHAM, St. Helens, Lancashire, England. B. F: ALLEN CO., Sole Agents for United States, 365 & 367 Canal St., New York, who (if your druggist does not keep them) ‘will mail Beecham’s Pills on receipt of price, 25 cents—but inquire first, Correspondents will please mention JUDGE. comicbooks.com