Antique Medicine Quack PISO'S REMEDY FOR CATARRH TUBE & WOOD CONTAINER Contents

Description

AMAZING RARE Estate Find from an expired drug store owner back in the early 1900's. Take a look at my other Apothecary listings. I have about 50 vintage medicines to list. Some are bundles and some are single items. Most are in UNOPENED condition. Don't hesitate to purchase. When it's gone, it's gone! I answer all questions. AND I combine shipping! Thanks for looking!
This is one of my favorites. The writing on the red paper has BOTH English & German.
German
Side reads: Piso's Bielmittel fur Catarrh - Ein Sicheres, angenehmes u.wirksames Mittel in allen Stadien diesir Kransheit
English
Front reads: Piso's Remedy for Catarrh. Price 25 cents
Side reads: This remedy is guaranteed to do all that is promised in the circular. The Piso Co. Warren PA.
Company stamp on top reads:
The Piso Company Trade Mark E T Hazeltine
1 Piso Cure For Consumption
Unopened but the bottom flap is partly open so I can see the wooden box inside.
Ezra T. Hazeltine arrived in Warren, Pennsylvania in 1860. He began selling patent medicine 1864 and with the help of a local doctor “Piso’s Cure for Consumption” (tuberculosis) was created. In 1869, he founded the Piso Company to market this concoction on a national level. Piso’s Cure contained at various times opium, morphine, hashish, marijuana, chloroform, and alcohol. The medical profession considered its claim as a “cure” to be fraudulent but it became one of America’s best-selling patent drugs. When the Pure Food and Drug Act became law in 1906, the company changed its label to claim that it was “A Medicine for Coughs and Colds.” By this time, the Piso Company had removed some of the more popular ingredients in its medication. It still probably had marijuana and chloroform. It seems that the company stayed just a bit ahead of the authorities. This quack medicine in some cases was damaging the health of the people using them. It was also one of the most popular patent medicines.
Unsure of exact age
Unopened Sealed Package
Look at close up pics for condition & more details about this item. I enjoy the verbiage they use. It's entertaining.
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