1896 Times of India Dr. De Roos' Medicines

1896 Times of India Dr. De Roos' Medicines

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Titles	1896 Times of India Dr. De Roos' Medicines
Related Item	Times of India (Bombay)
Genre	medicine
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Note	The same ad is printed in 1895. However, in 1896, Agent information is included on the ad. This exact ad is repeated in 1900.
Note	DR. DE ROO'S WORLD-FAMED GUTTÆ VITÆ OR, LIFE DROPS. The Great European Remedy for Nervous & Functional Debility, Exhaustion, &c. The remarkable rejuvenating essence strengthens the vitality of the whole system, gives energy to the muscles, and speedily restores the impaired powers of life, imparting strength and manly vigour to the most debilitated and worn-out constitution. Those who suffer from Premature Decay, or deficiency of the Vital Forces, owing to long residence in India, or any other case will find this medicine just what they require. Equally adapted for the studious and sedentary; the aged and infirm; the nervous and debilitated; as also for delicate females and weakly children. All suffered from loss of appetite, nervous headache, lassitude, and despondency— too often accompanied with suicidal thoughts — should make immediate and fair unprejudiced trial of the wonderful medicine, which is daily effecting the most remarkable cures in patients who had been given the Faculty as incurable, and left to drag out the remainder of their existence a misery to themselves, and a continual anxiety to their friends. In all cases of nervous and functional debility, epilepsy, impurity and poorness of the blood, aversion to and incapacity for society, study, or business, giddiness, disturbed sleep, harassing dreams, loss of memory, and other symptoms, the result of self-acquired ailments that embitter and shorten life, it is truly unrivalled. — Price 11s. or four times the quantity, 33s. per bottle. "Dr. DE ROOS' COMPOUND RENAL PILLS, for Pains in the Back, Gravel, Lumbago, Gout, Rheumatism, Diabetes, and all Kidney Affections; Weakness across the Loins, Sandy, or other Deposits, Discharges, and Diseases of the Urinary Organs generally. Price 2s 9d." "Dr. DE ROOS' VEGETABLE LIFE PILLS, An Indigestion, Biliousness, and all disordered of the Liver, Stomach, and Bowels; whilst as a universal family medicine for both sexes, and all ages, they are unequalled. —13 1/2d., 2s. 9d., per Box. Dr. DE ROOS PILE and FISTULA PILLS, the only reliable remedy for these annoying and painful ailments. The first dose gives relief, and in all ordinary cases a few days only are necessary to effect a cure. Price 2s. 9s. per Box. "Purchasers are particularly requested to see that every package of Dr. DE ROOS' MEDICINES bears the British Government Stamp, with the words "WALTER DE ROOS, LONDON,: impressed thereon in white letters on a red ground, and refuse worthless imitations frequently put forward by unscrupulous vendors for the sake of extra profit. wholesale Agents for India: TREACHER & Co., Limited, BOMBAY, BYCULLA, AND POONA.
Abstract	This is a text-only ad for Dr. De Roos' Medicines. The ad features four products, the main product being Dr. De Roos' World-Famed Guttae Vitae, or Life Drops. Life Drops are a remedy for nervous and functional debility and exhaustion. It is said they strengthen and give one vitality. They are targeted towards the weak, elderly, weak children, and delicate women and those experiencing suicidal thoughts. Overall, the drops are recommended for those who experience ailments/symptoms that "embitter and shorten-life." The ad also provides brief descriptions for the following Dr. De Roos' products: Dr. De Roos' compound renal pills, Dr. De Roos' Vegetable Life Pills, and Dr. De Roos' Pile and Fistula Pills.
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