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Advertisement showing an image of a man with a bag over one shoulder and a garden hose over the other on a pale-yellow background. In the foreground is a bottle of liquid medicine and a tube of pills, with text above and below
Advertisement with a nighttime image of a pagoda style house at the top and on the bottom is text and an image of a large box of medication with smaller boxes of pills below on a green background
Advertisement featuring a woman in a flowing white gown standing in a ballet pose, below is a can of nutritional supplement and text
Advertisement showing three trucks driving around the edge of a mountain, below is a can of medicine and text
Advertisement featuring an image of three women sitting in a field smiling, below is a can of medicine and text
Advertisement featuring an image of a woman in a floral dress wearing a hat and holding some flowers, below is a can of medicine and text
Advertisement featuring an image of a woman in a blue dress holding an aspirin tablet in her hand, below her is a box of tablets and the Bayer logo
Advertisement featuring a small image of a woman suffering from a headache in the top right corner and a main image of a that same woman smiling while holding aspirin tablets. Below this is a picture of a veramon brand pill box with a small boy holding a tablet.
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Advertisement with a top image showing people performing a dragon dance parade, below is an image showing pharmaceutical products of ointments and medicine
Advertisement with a top image showing people performing a dragon dance parade, below is an image showing pharmaceutical products of ointments and medicine

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Advertisement featuring a small image of a woman suffering from a headache in the top right corner and a main image of a that same woman smiling while holding aspirin tablets. Below this is a picture of a veramon brand pill box with a small boy holding a tablet.

Pharmaceutical advertisement of veramon, ca. 1940

Pharmaceutical advertisement of veramon, ca. 1940

To market Chinese medicines to a more modernized audience, ads, such as this one, used ideal feminine images and bright colors to make these traditional therapeutics more appealing.

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