What's Your Favorite Quack Medicine

[treeguyfred]

Another couple of faves... Kickapoo Indian Cough Cure and KK Cures Bright's Disease and Cystitis ********************************************** ***********...... ~Fred

 

[treeguyfred]

Annnnnd.... then there's these......

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Left to right ; Dr. Kilmers Swamp Root Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy, Cooper's New Discovery, Dr. Kilmer's Ocean Weed Heart Remedy The Blood Specific, Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery, Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Cure, and finally but not all I have, an un-embossed Kilmer's Kidney cure / Remedy....enjoy,
~Fred

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Annnnnd.... then there's these......View attachment 208376View attachment 208378.....................
Left to right ; Dr. Kilmers Swamp Root Kidney, Liver and Bladder Remedy, Cooper's New Discovery, Dr. Kilmer's Ocean Weed Heart Remedy The Blood Specific, Dr. Pierces Golden Medical Discovery, Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Cure, and finally but not all I have, an un-embossed Kilmer's Kidney cure / Remedy....enjoy,
~Fred

I love them all but the ocean weed heart Remedy Dr. Kilmers. Made my heart skip a beat. Nice collection brother!
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[ROBBYBOBBY64]

Thought this would be a fun topic to start. I get a kick out of the names of some of the "medicine" used back in the day as well as some of the interesting ingredients that were put in them.

I'll start with a local favorite, Oil of Gladness, a specialty of Moyer Brothers Bloomsburg PA. Ingredients listed as: camphor, oil cedar leaf, and linseed oil. Nothing too crazy, and actually this probably worked better than some. Pretty sure thats the original contents in this one.
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What a great thread! I love quack meds.
ROBBYBOBBY64.

 

[PlaneDiggerCam]

My favorite is the Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Linement bottles. I'd share a pic of mine, but I think everyone already knows what they look like (Also my camera won't work, lol). I love the name, story and it is from Providence R.I. which is sort of close to me.

 

[treeguyfred]

Clark Stanley's Snake Oil Linement bottles. I'd share a pic of mine, but I think everyone already knows what they look like

I've not seen it before... would love to see it...

 

[PlaneDiggerCam]

I've not seen it before... would love to see it...

Got my camera to finally cooperate here ya go:

This is the regular size, I also dug the sample size.

 

[treeguyfred]

This is the regular size,

That's a nice bottle,
is it's foot print rectangle or square and is it embossed on all four sides?
Thanks for posting the pic,
~Fred

 

[treeguyfred]

Nice collection brother!

Thank's Robby !

 

[treeguyfred]

Now for a few with fantastic names... Mystic Cure, Magic Oil, Lightning Hot Drops and a sample Cramers Kidney and Liver Cure with all backwards N's ~Fred