An explorer's panacea

Advertisement for Holloway's pills and ointment, claiming they were used by members of Stuart's exploring expedition of 1861-62

The advertising leaflet for Holloway's Pills extols the achievements of John McDouall Stuart in his successful crossing of the Australian continent from south to north in 1862, and uses this accomplishment to promote its products, claiming that they were taken by Stuart as part of his medical kit. In this they are supported apparently by John Billiatt, one of the surviving members of Stuart's last expedition, who describes the use of the ointment.

Whether the nostrum was taken by Stuart as part of of the expedition's kit or not, the explorer's name is being used to promote the product.

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