Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil
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| Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil | |
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| a.k.a. | Excelsior Eclectric Oil |
| Medical Claims | The copy promises a cure for "Catarrh, Croup, Swelled Neck, Loss of Voice, Asthma, Lame Back, Crick n the Back, Contraction of the Muscles, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Chronic and Bloody Dysentry, Burns, Frosted Feet, Boils, Warts, Corns, and Wounds of Every Description" [and] Piles, Kidney Troubles, and various other maladies. |
| Creator(s) | S. N. Thomas |
| Year created | ~1860s |
| Vendors | S. N. Thomas; Excelsior Botanical Co.; Foster, Milburn & Co.; Nothrop and Lyman Co. (in Canada) |
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Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil (also sold as Excelsior Eclectric Oil) was pain relief remedy and general cure-all created by S. N. Thomas in the 1860s. The formula was sold to Foster, Milburn & Co. in 1876, who continued to license and produce the oil into the early twentieth century.
Composition
A formula "similiar to Thomas" is given by "Fenner's complete formulary" (1889) as: "Camphor, ½ oz.; Oil Gaultheria, ½ oz.; Oil Origanum, ½ oz.; Chloroform, 1 oz.; Laudanum, 1 oz.; Oil Sassafras, 1 oz.; Oil Hemlock, 1 oz.; Oil Turpentine, 1 oz.; Balsam fir, 1 oz.; Tincture Guaiacum, 1 oz.; Tincture Catechu, 1 oz.; Alcohol, 4 pt.; Alkanet, sufficient to color." [1]
Advertising
"Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil - Worth It's Weight in Gold"
"Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil Is Used All Around The World"
"Dr. Thomas' Eclectric Oil"
Resources
- Canada's Least Valuable Patent Medicine Bottle, dumpdiggers.blogspot.com, http://dumpdiggers.blogspot.ca/2007/12/canadas-least-valuable-patent-medicine.html — a brief look at Eclectric Oil's history in Canada
References
- ↑ Fenner, Byron (1889). Fenner's complete formulary (7th ed.). Westfield, NY. p. 1096. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011714295.