Classic Cures Collection 1
Classic Cures Collection 1
This 4-piece set includes some very rare and humorous cures from the mid to late 1800's. Three distinctly shaped and embossed bottles juxtapose perfectly against each other with wonderous designs and shapes.
DETAILS:
KEELEY CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS:
From 1892 to 1900, Dr. Leslie E. Keeley marketed his "secret" cure for alcoholism. It was discovered that this potion contained plant-derived hallucinogenic which rendered the user immobile and terrified. Many patients allegedly died or went completely insane.
100% Organic Beeswax
Height: 5 3/4"
Weight: 10 Ounces
100% Cotton Wick
ROSE'S LIME JUICE:
Patented in 1867, as the world's first concentrated bottled fruit juice drink and introduced to the United States in 1901. It's original use came in the late 1700's when it became normal practice throughout all long voyages within the Royal Navy, for sailors to receive a daily ration of lemon or lime juice to prevent scurvy. This quickly gave rise to the nickname "limeys" amongst non-British sailors.
100% Organic Beeswax
Height: 8"
Weight: 9 Ounces
100% Cotton Wick
CLARK STANLEY'S SNAKE OIL LINIMENT:
In 1879, Stanley claimed that he studied for more than two years with a Hopi medicine man in Arizona. This supposedly included learning the secrets of snake oil. With the help of a Boston druggist, he began marketing his product at Western medicine shows. In 1893 he and his rattlesnakes became a hit attraction, and his act included the killing of rattlesnakes and squeezing their bodies, and what came out he labeled snake oil. In 1916, after the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906, Stanley's concoction was examined and found to be of no value (it was mostly mineral oil). He was fined $20.00. The term snake oil was well established as a worthless concoction sold as medicine.
100% Organic Beeswax
Height: 6 1/2"
Weight: 3 Ounces
100% Cotton Wick
DONNAUD'S REMEDY FOR BALDNESS:
This mid-1800's, New Orleans-based made every man with a receding hairline believe that new hair growth was possible by adding extract of peppermint to their lotion, which only gave the users scalp a slight tingling feeling.
100% Organic Beeswax
Height: 5 3/4"
Weight: 6 Ounces
100% Cotton Wick