Very rare and fascinating "ca. 1887 Chromolithographic Scrap and Trade Card for Warner's "Safe" Cures - Quack Patent Medicine."  This scrap was actually an large-sized Trade Card, that a previous owner cut out to make a scrap.   So it is not dye-cut, but it has an extremely lovely chromolithograph design.  The scrap measures approx. 5-1/4" by 4-1/4."  This scrap depicts a young girl whispering into her mother's ear … perhaps telling her about Warner's "Safe" Cures.

This wonderful and original "ca. 1887 Chromolithograph Scrap" is in excellent condition.  The person who cut out the scrap had a lot of patience and did a very good job.  The surface and  edges are in great condition.  The chromolithographic illustration is beautiful, very colorful, and incredibly realistic.  The printing on the back is clear, but a little bit difficult to read (since some of it is missing,) and because a previous owner used glue to affix it into a scrapbook.   

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H. H. Warner made his first million in Rochester, NY in the Safe business.  But beginning in 1878,  he made even more millions selling patent medicines. He used "safe" in his advertising as a play on words.  And he also used a safe in his advertising and on the medicine bottles.

He very financially successful at claiming to cure kidney and liver disease (Bright’s disease,) jaundice, lame back, impotency, dropsy, liver inflammation, “female complaints,” debility, and many more, including malaria!

With passage of the 1906 Food and Drug Act, Warner’s company was required to replace “Cure” with “Remedy.”  The AMA noted that the Safe Kidney and Liver Cure contained herbal extracts, alcohol, glycerin, and potassium nitrate.  The medical authorities observed that "alcohol should be avoided in the case of kidney inflammations and that potassium was actually a kidney irritant!" Not only would Warner’s Safe Remedy “not cure Bright’s disease but it may hasten the death of the sufferer who takes it.”

Maybe that is what the little girl is whispering to her mother.

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Delightful and unique,  the "ca. 1887 Chromolithograph Scrap and Trade Card for Warner's "Safe" Cures - Quack Patent Medicine"  is a  wonderful example Chromolithography of the time, and would be a fantastic addition to any Victorian era collection!!!

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