The turkey shootin'
Subtitle: "our blood is life, for sar'tin" : S.S.S. for the blood
By: [Swift Specific Company]
Publisher: [Swift Specific Co.]
Published: 1889
Place of publication: Atlanta]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Syphilis; Drug therapy; Lymph Node Tuberculosis; Skin Diseases; Skin Neoplasms; Ulcer; Rheumatic Diseases; Mercury; Therapeutic use
Description: Illustrated booklet with a poem about a turkey shoot advertising the Swift Specific Company's old indian recipe, S.S.S. which was supposed to cure scrofula, indolent ulcers, rheumatism, skin cancer (which "is a form of blood poison") and blood poisoning as well as being a spring tonic and encourage a clear complexion by curing acne. S.S.S. stood for: Swift's Syphilitic Specific. Syphilis itself was referred to as "contagious blood poison" by the company. There is a warning about using mercury for therapeutic purposes.
Notes: Cover title.

Introduction to the firm dated November 10 1889.