Tag Archives: Morphine

Dr. Johnson’s Indian Dyspeptic Bitters – Maine

Dr. Johnson’s Indian Dyspeptic Bitters MAINE 09 April 2014 Robert Cohen posted the following on Bottle Collectors on Facebook, “Tough, Johnson’s Indian Dyspeptic Bitters bottle, open-pontil, circa 1840, picked-up at Dover N.H. bottle show on Sunday 4/6/14. Dealer (from Maine) … Continue reading

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The rest of the story of Lorenzo D. Youngblood and his Tonic Bitters

The rest of the story of Lorenzo D. Youngblood and his Tonic Bitters by James Viguerie 17 February 2014 (R•111315 – Youngblood Shard) (092119 – BBs2 listing) I am looking into four patents on Texas bitters. They were patented by … Continue reading

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Heroin – Purest and Best

H E R O I N “In the City Market is the Meet Café. Followers of obsolete, unthinkable trades doodling in Etruscan, addicts of drugs not yet synthesized, pushers of souped-up harmine, junk reduced to pure habit offering precarious vegetable … Continue reading

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Morphine Copy Cat – Dr. Hobson’s Soothing Syrup

S O O T H I N G   S Y R U P S Thank you for the interesting write up on the Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup. This is one of the things that first got me interested in … Continue reading

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Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup – oooh so soothing

“Oh, jab me with your needle a hundred times, and a hundred times I will bless you, Saint Morphine” Jules Verne 
(1828 – 1905) Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup was one of the most successful, famous or infamous medicines from our … Continue reading

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