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Les Comprime's "Rhodine" Soulagent, Laboratoire des Produits Usines du Rhone, ca. 1923

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The back of an illustrated postcard advertisement; shows a white woman nurse and package of aspirin

Les Comprime's "Rhodine" Soulagent, Laboratoire des Produits Usines du Rhone, ca. 1923

Here is a French postcard that advertises aspirin by emphasizing that it is manufactured in Rhone. The active ingredient in aspirin, acetylsalicylic acid, aka Rhodine, has been refined in Rhone since 1908.

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