Dubious offerings from Sears, pt 2

We continue our trip back in time to visit some of the more curious products you could order from the Sears catalog in 1906. Today, we take a look at selections from the Drugs Department, starting with possibly the grossest ad copy ever printed.

“We’re the Cadillac of worm syrup!”

Beer: it does a body good!

There are so many things wrong with this. But standing out above it all is the phrase, “derangement of the female organism”. (Fellas, if you know what’s good for you, you’ll leave that one alone. I’m slowly backing away from it myself.)