A Cure For What Ails You Poster

In the old, old days, medicines were referred to as nostrum remedium which is

Latin for "our remedy." During the Victorian era, there were quite a few

medical compounds of questionable effectiveness that were made available to the

unsuspecting public either through a doctor's prescription, over-the-counter,

or the ever-popular snake-oil salesman.

Many folks also believed (and probably still do), that "the more bitter the

medicine, the better the cure," which was why so many medicines tasted quite

foul.

PLEASE NOTE: This poster image was hand-drawn by Madame Talbot using General's

Cedar Pointe #333-2HB pencils on Crescent 201.6 Hot Press Medium Weight

illustration board at original poster size. An antique Koh-i-Noor rapidograph

pen and Dr. P. H. Martin's Bombay Black India ink were used for final inking.

After completion, the image was hand-delivered to Ryan Gwinner Press

in Portland, Oregon and

printed on an offset printing press.