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  Universal Toothache Specific

  Glass bottle with cork stopper [on label] UNIVERSAL TOOTHACHE SPECIFIC / ALCOHOL 50% / RELIEVES TOOTHACHE AND NEURALGIA. WILL NOT BLISTER THE MOUTH. NO BAD TASTE AFTER USE. / UNIVERSAL DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. CHICAGO / SATURATE A LITTLE COTTON AND APPLY IN [HOLLOW?] OF THE TOOTH [on bottom of bottle] OWENS 6 5
  Date: circa nineteenth century