Kendall's Spavin Cure for Human Flesh

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Cleaning up some bottles found over the summer. This one is a Kendall's spavin cure for human flesh. I think it is pre 1900 because the seam does not continue through the lip. Wonder what it was used for?

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I usually see the shoulder embossed amber. The aqua is nicer with the extra lettering. Not rare but less common.
 

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I THOUGHT ONLY HORSES HAD SPAVIN? COURSE BACK THEN THEY MADE IT UP AS THEY WENT ALONG!NICE BOTTLE! JAMIE
 

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Here are some pics of a labeled one.
George

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41% alcohol and 9% ether... Whatever ailment you had, you certainly forgot you had it for a while, especially if you took more than a couple of spoonfulls at a time of this concoction. If you drank the whole bottle, you might well have been permanently cured of the affliction... I wonder if the only difference between the regular spavin cure for horses and the "for human flesh" bottle was that the "for human flesh" bottle was smaller, thus providing less than a lethal dose?

Still, one of the most common VT cures out there. Amazing that little Enosburg Falls VT provided such wide distribution of a cure.

Jim G
 

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If I recall correctly, you can get one on ebay etc for about 5 bucks sans the label. I have a clear glass one in my collection, without the label.
 

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