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Folded paper package with black pills used as patent medicine Numerous black matte balls inside a folded paper, 4" X 3.5", which is printed in black with Chinese characters and a order containing flowers. Top in English "Ho Ming Sing". This paper folded diagonally another plain paper, 5.25" square, Outer paper folded diagonally so one corner tucks under to keep it sealed. On the top in red is a gourd on a vine with Chinese characters inside the gourd and a circular shaped panel at the bottom. Written in English "Made in China" . Ho Ming Sing is drug company name. These are pills for venereal disease in men.

1997.055.123