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The package advertises the remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis, throat irritation, hoarseness, asthma, whooping cough and croup, and makes the remarkable period claim: “We warrant it to cure Consumption.”
Manufactured by The Andrews Drug and Chemical Co., Attleboro, Massachusetts, with a branch depot at Brillion, Wisconsin. One side tells the story of Dr. Wm. F. Sweet and the supposedly secret formula, while another provides dosage directions in both English and German.
Price printed on the box: 50 cents.
A great example of early American patent-medicine packaging and medical advertising.
Empty box only. No medicine or contents included.
