ne one good with old elixirs???

[chong2]

i bought this bottle on ebay, it caught my attention for some reason, maybe its the strychnine part....is there anyone out there that knows anything of this medicine? what was it used for, and maybe a timeframe?? my guess is no later that the 1930's. for one the seams run all the way through and two i dont think the FDA would allow strychnine in any medicine anymore
p.s., the awesome part is its almost full !!!

 

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[Two Dogs]

Neat bottle!! It appears to be good for the stomach, blood,nerves and just plain good for what ails you. That 20% alcohol probably went a long way towards making the user feel better. Elixirs I believe were popular in the 1800's and early 1900's as well. For what it's worth there are still people who drink strychnine and handle rattlesnakes as part of their religion. Neither practice appeals to me! Two Dogs

 

[DJ_Quinn]

That quinine not strychnine, and quinine was used in the treatment of malaria.

 

[chong2]

quinin

 

[PBK]

That quinine not strychnine, and quinine was used in the treatment of malaria.

Strychnine was widely used in patent medicines until 1906, when the Pure Food and Drug Act was passed.

 

[DJ_Quinn]

quinin

Sorry! I was reading the ingredients and totally missed the label there. My mistake, I guess the main ingredient in strychnine must be quinine.

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Cool Bottle

Found this on the internet...
In 1902, Louis K. Liggett persuaded 40 druggists to invest in a drug company that would manufacture and distribute products in franchised stores. In 1903, the United Drug Company (UDC) began operations at 43 Leon Street, now known Meserve Hall at Northeastern University. The stores and products were known by the name "Rexall," for "king of all." By 1929, UDC had 21 manufacturing plants throughout the United States. It employed over 25,000 workers, supplied 10,000 Rexall Drug Stores, and operated a chain of over 500 Liggett Drug Stores in the United States. In 1944, Liggett stepped down. Justin Dart, the new president, renamed UDC the Rexall Drug Co. and moved the headquarters to Los Angeles. In the 1930s, UDC built six buildings on its Boston campus that housed its corporate offices and manufacturing and research facilities. Northeastern University purchased the buildings from United Realty in 1961. One of the six buildings is now divided into four sections: Lake Hall, Meserve Hall, Nightingale Hall, and Holmes Hall. Three other buildings on the block were eventually demolished

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Nice corktop medicine with label. It appears to have Quinine Sulphate, Cinchonine Sulphate, Iron Phosphate, and Strychnine Sulphate amongst its ingredients. Quinine is still the best treatment for Malaria, and is made from the Chinchona Tree. I still use Quinine Sulphate today on long walks to prevent cramps.
http://sres-associated.anu.edu.au/fpt/nwfp/quinine/Quinine.html

Strychnine may have been used a little later in veterinary medicines as a stimulant. Here a bottle marked as poison circa 1910.

 

[Michelle]

Excellant research and post Gypsy! Way to go the rest of ya's!

 

[EDDE]

Small doses of it produce hallucinations

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Small doses of it produce hallucinations

Who are you, Timothy Leary?
yes, hallucinations and vivid colors, I have heard.

 

[chong2]

awesome evry one, thanks for the time to research. but dont think i did a lil bit too i just know there are a lot of others out there that know how to use thier resources better

p.s. a big thabks to gypsyheart and bigcypresshunter also

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Makes you appreciate modern medicine!!

A little rat poison is good for ya! So the FDA contends to this day, as it approves dispensing Warfarin to millions of patients throughout the U.S. as a blood thinner, even though cheaper blood thinners appear to exist. Yes, the blood thinner Warfarin/Coumadin is rat poison. Look on the rat poison packages next time you visit the poison section in any yard supply dept., you may see this ingredient. Maybe in the future we will look back with disbelief.
http://www.flounder.com/warfarin.htm

 

[chong2]

crazy, well i knew that strictnine, (didnt spell it right) was used in rat poison, thats what caught my eye

 

[Apache]

Strychnine does have some history of use for therapeutic purposes, although in most cases this was entirely misguided, and not a little dangerous.

It has a very bitter taste and so stimulates salivary and gastric secretion very strongly. This increases appetite, and was used to counteract the loss of appetite associated with illness, giving the impression that strychnine had restorative properties. In fact, any constitutional improvement resulting from the increased appetite would probably be outweighed by the harmful effects of strychnine, and the underlying illness would be more or less unaffected. This is the same mechanism that gives tonic water its apparent "tonic" activity, although in that case the bitter agent is quinine, which is far less dangerous.

The quinine and Cinchona Alkaloids were both used for the treatment of Malaria, and the Iron Phosphate was intended to build up the Red Blood Cells, and the Strychnine was used to build up the appetite.

So It appears that what you have there is an antimalaria medicine. As for the time frame I would guess WWII vintage, that's when the Army developed the Cinchona Alkaloid treatment for Malaria mostly because the Japanese controlled the Quinine production and we weren't gonna trade with them to get it.

Oh, and the Alcohol was to dilute the active ingredient. At a dosage of 4cc's there wouldn't be enough alcohol to catch a good buzz...
I hope this helps ...

 

[Bigcypresshunter]

Great post Apache. Japan controlled 95% of the worlds quinine production in Java during WWII. Quinine comes from the bark of the chinchona tree, which may have gone extinct from overproduction in its native Peru, if some seeds hadnt been smuggled, against Peruvian law, to Java in 1860.

Quinine has many uses and applications. Some of the more common uses include:

Analgesic, Anaesthetic, Antibacterial, Anti-malarial, Anti-microbial, Anti-parasitic, Antiseptic, Astringent, Febrifuge, Muscle-relaxant

Other applications include:
Bactericide, Contraceptive, Insecticide, Insect-repellent, Stomachic, Tonic

 

[dg39]

Appears to be 1940 to 50's style label.