One of our absolute favorite groupings of classic quack medicine bottles dating from the mid-to-late 1800's. This set includes 6 highly detailed and embossed cure and remedy bottles that are sure to be the center of attention and curiousity in any home or office.
ULTIMATE QUACK MEDICINE COLLECTION
DR. KILMER'S SEAWEED HEART REMEDY:
Circa 1870's, Dr. Andral Kilmer mixed a batch of birch oil, juniper berries, rhubard root and 10% alcohol and sold it in this famous and much sought-after heart embossed bottle. When asked what his cure was good for, he replied, "about a million dollars a year!"
- 100% Organic Beeswax
- Height: 8"
- Weight: 14 Ounces
- 100% Cotton Wick
FROG POND CHILL & FEVER CURE:
First advertised in 1887 by an Augusta, Georgia druggist, these extremely rare bottles that once contained a mixture of stagnent water and alcohol have been known to fetch over $2500 at today's auctions.
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- Height: 7"
- Weight: 12 Ounces
- 100% Cotton Wick
RUPTURINE HERNIA CURE:
Bottled during the late 1800's by the Louisville Truss & Rupture Co., this mysterious tincture claimed to cure hernias ala "absorbtion will act as a local tissue builder and close the hernial opening."
- 100% Organic Beeswax
- Height: 6 1/2"
- Weight: 4 1/2 Ounces
- 100% Cotton Wick
DR. B.W. HAIR CURE FOR ASTHMA:
Introduced in 1879 by Benjamin W. Hair. Before becoming a doctor, he spent time in the U.S. Army, during which he developed Spasmodic Asthma. It was during this time that he compounded his secret formula.
- 100% Organic Beeswax
- Height: 6 1/2"
- Weight: 9 Ounces
- 100% Cotton Wick
REVEREND N. H. DOWNS BALSAMIC ELIXIR:
This interesting 8-paneled bottle was touted as a "cure for colds, whooping-cough and all lung diseases." It was discovered to have very little vegetable content and a rather high content of opium and alcohol.
- 100% Organic Beeswax
- Height: 7 1/2"
- Weight: 12 Ounces
- 100% Cotton Wick
FROST FAMILY MEDICINE CO.:
Containing an insane 79% alcohol, this pain-killing remedy's slogan was, "Used outward and inward, it never does harm, as sure as you're faithful, it works like a charm!"
- 100% Organic Beeswax
- Height: 9"
- Weight: 15 Ounces
- 100% Cotton Wick