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This is an 8" tall, olive green bottle with an iron pontil scar.
It has embossing as well as labels on the front & back:
Front label (top):
CARTERS SPANISH MIXTURE /
for the removal and permanent cure of all Diseases arising from an Impure /
state of the Blood, or habit of the system, viz:
Front label (left side):
Serafula, or Kings Evil, / Rhemmatism, / Pimples or Postules on the face, /
Blotches, Biles, / Chronic Sore Eyes, / Ring Worm or Tetter, / Scald Head, /
Enlargement and Pain of the Bones or Joints, / Stubborn Ulcers, /
Syphilitic Disorders, / Lumbago, Spinal Complaints, /
and all diseases arising from an / indujicous use of Mercury, /
Exposure or Imprudence in Life.
Front label (center): (picture of crown on a crest of some kind)
Front label (right side):
It invariably cures / Indigestion or Dyspepsia, / Neuralgia, /
General and Nervous Disability, / Palpitation of the Heart, / Liver Complaint /
and Inflamation of the Kidneys. / Ladies of pale complexion and /
consumptive habits, and such as / are debilitated by those / obstructions which /
females are liable / to, are restored, / by the use / of a bottle or two, /
to bloom and vigor.
Front label (bottom): BENNETT & BEERS, DRUGGISTS, /
GENERAL AGENTS AND PROPRIETORS / No. 125 MAIN STREET, RICHMOND, VA. /
None genuine unless signed by: Bennett & Beers
base: (iron pontil scar)
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This is the same bottle as above, but viewed from the rear:
Embossed on the rear: CARTER'S / SPANISH / MIXTURE
Rear label:
DIRECTIONS.- The diet must be simple, avoiding all gross meats, rich pastry, ho? /
bread, or watery vegetables. Moderate exercise should be taken in the open air, when /
the weather permits; a due regard for cleanliness, and a total and rigid abstinence from /
all intoxicating liquors, will be found the best means of securing the benefits of this /
truly valuable Purifier of the Blood. /
DOSE. - For an adult, a wine-glass full one hour before breakfast and dinner, and /
before going to bed. Children from 12 to 15 years old, a half wine-glass; 6 to 10 years, /
a table spoon, and infants 1 year and upwards a teaspoonful. Should it produce nausea /
reduce the dose for a few days. When taken as an alerative, two doses a day, morning /
and night, will suffice. /
The bottle in all cases to be shaken until all the sediment is ??? and drink it ??? /
??? For further particulars, see wrapper around the bottle.
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