Patent medicines
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Charles Osgood correspondence
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 404
Scope and Contents note
This collection consists of five letters from Charles Osgood to Benjamin Dansard, who may have been a sales agent for Osgood in Monroe, Michigan. The letters were written between 1841 and 1849 and discuss business affairs between the two men, including shipments of and payment for patent medicine, real estate in Monroe owned by Osgood, and travel plans. The letters also discuss the general business environment of Monroe.
Dates:
1841-1849
Lucius Wood papers
Collection
Identifier: MSS 2/318
Scope and Contents
The collection contains seventy-nine letters and postal cards received, 1883-1893, nine diaries, 1890-1899, two
account books, 1886-1891, one recipe book, [n.d.], and miscellaneous items, [n.d.], documenting the personal
life and patent medicine business of Lucius F. Wood in West Townsend, Mass. and the surrounding area. The
series of letter and postal cards received, 1883-1893, is divided into two subseries: personal and business. Both
subseries are arranged chronologically. An alphabetical...
Dates:
1883 - 1891
Records of M. H. Tucker and Company
Collection — Folder 1
Identifier: MSS 385
Overview
George W. Merchant, a druggist, began manufacturing his Gargling Oil in Lockport, NY, in 1833. Merchant’s Gargling Oil was not meant to be gargled, as the name suggests, but used as a liniment. Like many 19th-century patent medicines, it was advertised to effectively treat numerous ailments, including rheumatism, burns and scalds, flesh wounds, toothaches, cracked heels, hemorrhoids, and sprains and bruises.Around 1855, Merchant sold the business to M. H. Tucker, who continued...
Dates:
1856-1857; 1870
Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society
Collection
Identifier: Z10c 38
Scope and Contents
The Records of the Philadelphia Medical Society include the original manuscript of the 1827 Society constitution; minutes; reports, including those from the librarian and treasurer; correspondence; records of a committee concerned with quack medicines, patent trusses, and specifics and patents, with reports on Swaim's panacea and H. Chase's truss against hernia; membership records; advertisements; and essays on a variety of medical topics by candidates for membership.
Dates:
1794-1868
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