Die-cut in the shape of a tambourine with six pairs of jingles, the obverse (left) of this trade card distributed by Dr. C. A. Smith features two egg-filled shoes. Another classic from the Wood Library-Museum’s Ben Z. Swanson Collection, the card’s reverse (right) invites patients to Dr. Smith’s dental office (and residence) on Main Street in Oneida, New York. Among his advertising jingles for Oneida residents, Dr. Smith advertised that there was a “Lady always in attendance when Ladies desire Gas or Ether.” (Copyright © the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.)
Die-cut in the shape of a tambourine with six pairs of jingles, the obverse (left) of this trade card distributed by Dr. C. A. Smith features two egg-filled shoes. Another classic from the Wood Library-Museum’s Ben Z. Swanson Collection, the card’s reverse (right) invites patients to Dr. Smith’s dental office (and residence) on Main Street in Oneida, New York. Among his advertising jingles for Oneida residents, Dr. Smith advertised that there was a “Lady always in attendance when Ladies desire Gas or Ether.” (Copyright © the American Society of Anesthesiologists’ Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology.)
George S. Bause, M.D., M.P.H., Honorary Curator and Laureate of the History of Anesthesia, Wood Library-Museum of Anesthesiology, Schaumburg, Illinois, and Clinical Associate Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. UJYC@aol.com.
