Thompson and Capper were homeopathic chemists who, as well as making their own medicines, published books and pamphlets on homeopathy. The company is still going strong today – based in Runcorn, they are a specialist manufacturer of all kinds of tablets, from medicines to kettle descalers, and there is more information about their history on their website.

Image: James Gillray, Comfort to the Corns, 1800. Courtesy of the US National Library of Medicine. 

 

 

                            THOMPSON & CAPPER’S
                     CORN AND WART REMOVER.
          By a few applications CORNS and WARTS
                   are entirely Cured and Removed.
This supplies a long-felt want, as, unlike other so-called
solvents, it is not a caustic or acid, and therefore gives no
pain whatever in application, and may be used to the most
tender skin with only the best results.
                       Sold in bottles, 1s. 1½d. post free.
55 Bold-street, 4, Lord-street, 21, Rodney-street, 64, Pem-
broke-place, Liverpool ; and 250, Grange-road, Birkenhead.

 

Source: The Liverpool Courier, Saturday 13th February 1897

Tags: 1890s advertising, history of medicine, homeopathy, Thompson & Capper, Victorian
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