Cheney's Expectorant

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This bottle was found in a closet of the toc house that I once owned. Without the paper label the bottle would probably be placed in the before 1900 category. It is bimal. However if you look closely at the label you can make out that the contents are guarenteed under the Pure Food and drug Act of June 30th 1906. Also the alcohol and morphia content had to be disclosed on the label per the Act. For further details on the Act go to the web site listed below. I figured this might be of some interest to some of the collectors .[8|]
 

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I'll try to post the photo again.

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Close up of the label.

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The web site to read about the Pure Food and Drug Act is:

coursesa.matrix.msu.edu/~hst203/documents/pure.html
 

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Warren, I heard that the shape is of a "chimney" to distinguish it from the other patent medicines of that time. It does in a sense resemble a chimney on some of the older houses. And I guess that "chimney" does sound similar to "cheney". Whata you think?
 

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The before/after 1900 is a pretty arbitrary point to set for bottles. I prefer to divide them into "antique hand blown" or "modern machine made" The transition dates between those catagories will vary based on glass house, country of origin, inventory, etc.

In my antique medicine book a large number of the medicines were made past 1900 but few survived very far past 1906 , at least without significant changes. You start seeing the patent medicines dieing out and the big pharma companies taking over.
 

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Thanks Matt, I enjoy collecting the different stages of development that a bottle and product goes through during its life cycle. An example is the Hick's Capudine which can be found with the word "cure" embossed. Then the word cure is dropped and replaced by the word "for" all headaches etc. And then finally with just the word Capudine is embosed on the bottle. I have the Bimal, Abm for corks, and the screw thread. Any idea what happened to the Capudine as a medicine? It seems to disapear in the 40's.
 

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I also find the product/bottle evolution interesting. One example I like is Barry's Tricopherous. You can find examples spanning the whole 19th century.
 

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