Brewer's CANNABIS Hypno-Sedative For EPILEPSY/HYSTERIA!

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1910: item #689061
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This very scarce INDIAN HEMP bottle is still corked. It is embossed on the bottom BREWER & CO. Brewer's Hypno-Sedative for Sleeplessness, Hysteria, Dysmenorrhea, Spasms, Epilepsy, Neuralgia, Nervous Disorders, Menstrual Pain and Sleep contained INDIAN HEMP, better known as CANNABIS SATIVA, or MARIJUANA! Brewer and Company was located in WORCESTER, MASS. This remarkable bottle is 8 inches tall. The contents have evaporated over the past 110 years. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings.... Click for details

Lloyd's COCA COCAINE For Insanity, Hysteria & Migraine!

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1900: item #687106
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Here we have a very rare COCA LEAF COCAINE REMEDY from the well-known LLOYD BROTHERS PHARMACISTS of CINCINNATI, OHIO. This outstanding corked glass remedy is 4.75" tall. It is boxed, and retains its embossed tin-foil tamper-resistant cork cover. This product was 166 PROOF! The contents have evaporated over the past 120 years. The list of conditions it "treated" include: HYSTERIA, INSANITY, WEAKNESS, FATIGUE, GASTRO-ENTERITIC DEBILITY, DIABETES, FLATULENCE, COLIC, ENTERALGIA, GASTRALGIA, SPINAL IRR... Click for details

Physician's Field Case HYPODERMIC ANESTHESIA Pills~1916

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1920: item #687097
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Here we have a WORLD WAR I 1916 PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY physician's field case that still retains two corked, glass vials of APOTHESINE AND ADRENALIN #217. The box is 4" tall. Apothesine was an early injectable anesthetic. Adrenalin was (and still is) mixed with the anesthetic to control bleeding. These hypodermic tablets were mixed with sterile (hopefully!) water and injected into an area of the body that was to be "numbed up" for a procedure. Contents are sold only for collector purposes and mu... Click for details

~HIGH FEVER, EH?~Dr. Thomas Dover's OPIUM Fever Pills!~

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1910: item #685786
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This very scarce remedy was made by PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY around 1900. This is a TRITURATE TABLET form of DOVER'S POWDERS, which were named for the English physician, Dr. Thomas Dover. This remedy was used to induce sweating, in a rather futile attempt to "sweat" out a cold or fever. It contained OPIUM, IPECACUANHA (which is used to prepare IPECAC), and SULPHATE OF POTASH. This outstanding boxed, corked bottle is 2.5" tall. No contents. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings. New item... Click for details

Parke, Davis & Co. COCAINE Tablets For Medicine Cabinet

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1910: item #685777
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This very rare boxed, corked glass bottle of COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE TRITURATE TABLETS was made by PARKE, DAVIS & COMPANY. It dates to c1900 and is 2.5" tall. This remedy is from an era when COCAINE was legal. NO CONTENTS. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings. New items are added weekly. Thank you for visiting with us!

~Upjohn's IMPROVED Throat Tablets!~KALAMAZOO, MI.~

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1920: item #685718
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From Upjohn, the originators of friable pills, comes this wonderful old throat remedy. It is unopened, and is 3.75" tall. Contents are sold only for collector purposes and must not be used in any way. Please be sure to see our other catalog listings. New items are added weekly. Thank you for visiting with us!

~~PAINLESS DENTISTRY!~With Cudahy's Liquid COCAINE!~~

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Dental Pre 1920: item #685715
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This very rare item comes to us from the basement of Harrigan's Pharmacy, which was located in Reading, Ohio. Harrigan's Pharmacy opened for business in 1899 and closed about 18 years ago. THE CUDAHY PACKING COMPANY was located in SOUTH OMAHA. This bottle of CO-CAPSULIN ANTISEPTIC COCAINE SOLUTION is 3" tall. It is labeled FOR USE IN PAINLESS DENTISTRY. Notice the inventory control label across the bottle. This was typed by the druggist and initialed. This reads "IN STOCK INVENTORY 2/25/19, J.G.... Click for details

~ANTI-HOMOSEXUAL Pills From Parke, Davis & Co.!~c1900!~

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1910: item #684938
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Here we have a most unusual item! Apomorphine, which does not actually contain morphine, had two main uses around 1900-1910. It was used by psychiatrists to "treat" homosexuality, and it was also used by family physicians to treat pneumonia in both children and adults. This remarkable bottle is still boxed and sealed. The bottle is 2.25" tall. This very scarce c1900 remedy was found in the basement of Case's Drug Store in Jefferson, Ohio shortly after it closed about 20 years ago. Contents are s... Click for details

~John Wyeth's COCAINE Tablets For POCKET OR PURSE!~

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1900: item #682908
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This very scarce old remedy is 2.75" tall. This bottle of JOHN WYETH & BROTHER'S COMPRESSED TRITURATES OF COCAINE HYDROCHLORIDE dates to c1900. This bottle was designed for pocket, purse or medical bag! Back in the GOOD OLD DAYS one could purchase these at your local drug store. They were perfectly legal, and you did not even need a prescription! It's hard to imagine! Indeed, this remedy was found in the back room of CASE'S DRUG STORE in JEFFERSON, OHIO after it closed about 20 years ago. No con... Click for details

~Lloyd's CANNABIS Remedy For GREAT NERVOUS DEPRESSION!~

Antiques: Instruments and Implements: Medical: Apothecary Pre 1900: item #682904
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Here we have an outstanding c1890 Lloyd's CANNABIS Specific! This is one of the finest examples of this rare bottle extant. It is boxed, and comes complete with a corkscrew and extra cork. This fantastic old remedy is 5" tall. LLOYD BROTHERS PHARMACISTS was located in CINCINNATI, OHIO. This remedy was 148 PROOF! The contents have evaporated over the past 120 years. No contents. We found this bottle in the basement of CASE'S DRUG STORE in JEFFERSON, OHIO just after it closed about 20 years ago. P... Click for details