Tag Archives: Jim Schmidt

Patent-Medicine Themed Patriotic Covers from the Civil War!

Posted on 22 July 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Do you have a bottle of “Uncle Sam’s Infallible Remedy”? How about “Lincoln’s Renowned Rebel Exterminator”? I bet you don’t! Check out some fun patent-medicine themed patriotic covers from the Civil War! Read the rest from noted Civil War author … Continue reading →

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Pond’s Bitters and Jim Schmidt’s Civil War Medicine Blog

Posted on 13 July 2011 by Ferdinand Meyer V

Jim Schmidt has recently joined the FOHBC and while sending his membership on, I noticed he was from the Houston area! He is a Civil War authority and really into Civil War Medicine. Bingo! Boy has he found the right … Continue reading →