Here we have a SAMPLE PACK of TRU-LAX LAXATIVE GUM from NEWARK, NEW JERSEY. It is unopened, and comes complete with the "petrified" gum and a flier! FREE SAMPLE is stamped across the back. It is 3" long. Contents are sold only for collector purposes and must not be used in any way. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings if you like old drug store and medical Americana. New items are added weekly. Thank you for visiting with us!
In an effort to treat diabetes, SWAN-MYERS CHEMICAL COMPANY of INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA designed a capsule that contained ISLANDS OF LANGERHANS. This is the part of the pancreas that contains INSULIN. They faced a problem that researchers still face today. As insulin is inactivated by digestion, how does one get it past the stomach? Swan-Myers thought they had a solution to this with their new invention, KERAKOTE. It was a wonderful, early attempt to get insulin past the stomach. It didn't work ...click for details
Ah, the GOOD OLD DAYS. When medicine was MEDICINE! Like this one! HAVE A COUGH? HAVE BRONCHITIS? No problem! Get some CHLOROFORM cough syrup and put that cough (and yourself) to sleep! This colorful old remedy is unopened. The bottle is 7" tall. AYER'S CHERRY PECTORAL was made by THE STERLING DRUG COMPANY of MONTICELLO, ILLINOIS. Contents are sold only for collector purposes and must not be used in any way. Please be sure to see our other catalog items if you like old drug store and med ...click for details
This very colorful tin is in complete, unopened condition. It is 2"x1.5". Contents are sold only for collector purposes and must not be used in any way. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings if you like old drug store and medical Americana. New items are added weekly. Thank you for visiting with us!
This colorful tin still retains its original flier. RAMON'S LAXATIVE COLD TABLETS were made by BROWN MANUFACTURING COMPANY of LEROY, NEW YORK. This fine tin is 2"x1.5". One side panel reads PRICE 30 CENTS. Another side panel reads CONTENTS 24 TABLETS. Thank you for visiting with us!
Here we have two neat little SAMPLE OINTMENT TINS. The first is CAMPHOROLE from ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY. The second is RAWLEIGH'S from FREEPORT, ILLINOIS. They are each 1 1/8" in diameter. No contents. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings. New items are added weekly. Thank you for visiting with us!
This is a unique remedy from the well-known Cincinnati, Ohio company C.S.DENT COMPANY, which was founded in 1888. It is unopened, and is 3.5" long. The tandem tray contains two different types of pills. One for fast relief, and one for prolonged relief! Contents are sold only for collector purposes and must not be used in any way. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings if you enjoy old drug store and medical items. New items are added weekly. Thank you for visiting with us!
This scarce mailer, containing four corked glass SAMPLE vials of ESTIVIN, was sent from the well-known company SCHIEFFELIN & CO. of NEW YORK CITY to MRS. E.W. DEGRAFF around 1925. SCHIEFFELIN & Co. was founded in 1794. The company was best known as a fine drug wholesaler and dealer in druggist sundries. The one and a half cent UNITED STATES POSTAL STAMP featuring PRESIDENT WARREN G. HARDING was the first 1.5 cent stamp. It was introduced in 1925, and was intended for THIRD CLASS MAIL. Th ...click for details
Here we have an ART DECO era remedy complete with its tin EYE WASH CUP still on the top of the bottle! The bottle is 5" tall. Both the box and bottle have lots of color! The bottle is unopened, but the contents have evaporated. The box has no top flap. This is an outstanding EYE-RELATED COLLECTIBLE! Please be sure to see our other listings. New items are added weekly! Thank you for visiting with us!
These three remedies are all GI RELATED! #1 is PRUNOIDS, from THE PEACOCK SULTAN COMPANY of SAINT LOUIS, MISSOURI. It is 3"x3"x1/2". It is unopened, and still has a pull-string. Contents are sold only for collector purposes and must not be used in any way. #2 is BLAKE'S HERB TABLETS from the INTER-NATIONAL DRUG COMPANY of BOSTON, MASS. No contents. #3 is 8 LAXES, a medicine tin from BALCH PRODUCTS COMPANY of PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA. No contents. Please be sure to see our othe ...click for details
