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Category Archives: Remedy
Fleury’s Wa-Hoo Tonic and the Mad Chinaman
Fleury’s Wa-Hoo Tonic and the Mad Chinaman I do not know what would possess a merchant or doctor to opt for putting a mean Oriental midget, chop sticks, a rat and a cat eating a rat on any advertising to … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, Liquor Merchant, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tonics, Trade Cards
Tagged Annie M. Herndon, Chinaman, DuFay's Magic Fluids, Fleury, Fleury Medicine Company, Fleury's Tasteless Cascarine, Frank Fleury, illinois, Indian Herbs of Joy, M.D., Meadville, Pennsylvania, Springfield, Wa-Hoo Tonic
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Dr. Meyer, Echinacea and his Meyer’s Blood Purifier
A quack doctor at a fair – Library of Congress Ferdinand, I am hoping you could help me track down an antique bottle of Dr. Meyer’s Blood Purifier Syrup manufactured in 1880 to around 1910. I was made in Pawnee … Continue reading
Posted in History, Medicines & Cures, Questions, Remedy, Scams & Frauds
Tagged American Medical Association, Asteraceae, coneflower, Dr. John King, Dr. John Uri Lloyd, Dr. Meyer, Echinacea, Gerhard Madaus, German, H. C. F. Meyer, Kansas Snakeroot, Meyer's Blood Purifier, nebraska, Pawnee, rattlesnake, Sioux, snake, snake oil
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William’s Royal Crown Remedy and Bitters – Isaac Williams Company
William’s Royal Crown Remedy and Bitters – Isaac Williams Company 19 May 2013 (R•051219) William’s Royal Crown Remedy and Bitters: price: $1 a bottle, six for $5, manufactured by Isaac Williams Company, 268 Dundas St., London, Ont., for sale by … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
Tagged Ackert, bitters, canada, Doctor, Isaac, Isaac Williams Company, London, Medicine, ontario, Onterio, Remedy, Williams
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Dr. A.C. Daniels’ Veterinary Medicines
David Olson over at Bottle Collectors on facebook posted this wonderful Dr. Daniels’ Veterinary Medicines cabinet from the Jack Stecher collection (pictured above). This cabinet really rocked my socks which prompted me to find out a little more about Dr. A.C. … Continue reading
Dr. J. W. Poland – Great New England Medicines
DR. J.W. POLAND Dr. J. W. Poland – Great New England Medicines 07 February 2013 (R•061714) There was some real excitement to see a stellar example of a deep olive amber DR. J. W. POLAND (pictured above) medicine bottle recently in … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Auction News, Druggist & Drugstore, Early American Glass, Ephemera, Glass Companies & Works, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
Tagged Boston, Compound, Dr. J.W. Poland, Dr. J.W. Poland's Headache Killer, Dr. J.W. Poland's Humor-Doctor, Dr. J.W. Poland's White Pine Compound, Massachusetts, Medicine, Remedy, Stoddard, Throop Museum
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Morphine Copy Cat – Dr. Hobson’s Soothing Syrup
S O O T H I N G S Y R U P S Thank you for the interesting write up on the Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup. This is one of the things that first got me interested in … Continue reading
Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup – oooh so soothing
“Oh, jab me with your needle a hundred times, and a hundred times I will bless you, Saint Morphine” Jules Verne (1828 – 1905) Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was one of the most successful, famous or infamous medicines from our … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Advice, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy, Tax Stamps, Trade Cards
Tagged Bangor, Benjamin A. Perkins, Charlotte N. Winslow, children, Curtis & Perkins, drug, Edward Elgar, Jeremiah Curtis, Maine, Morphine, Mrs. Winslow, Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup, New York City, Nostrum, Quackery, Teething
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Walker’s Vinegar Bitters bottled in Pastel Shades to “conceal the mess”
Dr. Walker’s California Vinegar Bitters “This ‘Bitters’ is one of the nastiest nostrums, introduced and largely sold by the most extensive and brazen advertising under the false pretense of being free from alcohol.” Walker’s Vinegar Bitters bottled in Pastel Shades … Continue reading
Posted in Advertising, Bitters, Color Runs, Druggist & Drugstore, Ephemera, History, Medicines & Cures, Remedy
Tagged bitters, Brenton, california, Dr. Gibbon’s, Dr. Walker, Indian Vegetable Bitters, John Campbell Spence, John Harvey Kellogg, Joseph Walker, London, New York, pastel, R.H. McDonald & Company, Richard H. McDonald, Rick Hall, San Francisco, Stockton, Temperance, Vinegar
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