HISTORY
of the
COMSTOCK PATENT MEDICINE
BUSINESS
and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
BY
Robert B. Shaw
Associate Professor, Accounting and History
Clarkson College of Technology
Potsdam, N.Y.
SMITHSONIAN STUDIES IN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY NUMBER
22
COVER: Changing methods of packaging Comstock remedies over
the years.—Lower left: Original packaging of the Indian
Root Pills in oval veneer boxes. Lower center: The glass bottles
and cardboard and tin boxes. Lower right: The modern packaging
during the final years of domestic manufacture. Upper left: The
Indian Root Pills as they are still being packaged and
distributed in Australia. Upper center: Dr. Howard's Electric
Blood Builder Pills. Upper right: Comstock's Dead Shot Worm
Pellets.
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data
Shaw, Robert B., 1916—
History of the Comstock patent medicine business and of Dr.
Morse's Indian Root Pills. (Smithsonian studies in history and
technology, no. 22)
Bibliography: p.
1. Comstock (W.H.) Company. I. Title. II. Series: Smithsonian
Institution. Smithsonian studies in history and technology, no.
22.
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HISTORY
of the
COMSTOCK PATENT MEDICINE
BUSINESS
and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills
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