Preserve us from the Demon of Weak Nerves!
This is an early 20th century advertisement for Wolcott's Instant Pain Annihilator - just the greatest patent medicine ad I've seen so far in my diss. research. 
See the little demons, pounding and drilling into poor beardy's head? They're numbered and identified as: 1) Demon of Catarrh; 2) Demon of Neuralgia; 3) Demon of Headache; 4) Demon of Weak Nerves; and 5) Demons (yes, plural) of Toothache. With the grim reaper standing in the background. Since I have way more background info than I need for the diss data, this will probably keep the title of Greatest Patent Medicine Advertisement.
posted by Claire at 6:12 AM
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Reminds me of a bad Saturday night I had in Toledo...
Ok. Never been to Toledo in my life. But that sounds cooler than "reminds me of a bad Saturday night I had in front of the tv with an Ithaca pale ale..."
It's quite evocative.
hey now, that looks like the beginnnings of a kickass user icon....
Do you think this guy had anything to do with Eliminating Jersey?
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