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I added a post about this sought after medicine.
http://antiquemedicines.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=45

information about Dr Phelps is sparse and I would appreciate anything people can add.
 
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LOL. That is one cool bottle. So, does anyone on here have one??
 
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Advertised 1838, for skin diseases, scrofula, kings evil, syphilitic and mercurial diseases. 2 dollars a bottle.

Found an 1835 ad for Dr. Phelp's Vegetable Arcanum cures rheaum, pains in the bones, syphilis and sore throat.
 
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http://antiquemedicines.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=45
If you see a good ad post it if you have time. I appreciate the effort.
 
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I only have the little sister bottle... still a very nice piece, but not the "Genuine" bottle!

Mike

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An elaborate lithograph issued to call attention to the merits of Phelps's Arcanum. This picture with it's rows of bottles supporting a dome or canopy, over which floated a winged figure with a scroll bearing the words " Phelps's Arcanum" and about the base boxes of the medicine directed to all parts of the world. This lithograph was designed by american landscape artist George L. Brown.
 
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