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Influenza Drug
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The Sears, Roebuck & Company Supply House in Chicago published catalogs that included a Drug Department listing patented medicines against influenza. The Sears catalogs are a vast diary of the times. Such patented products as Dr. Pasteur's Microbe Killer was advertised to prevent La Grippe and all blood disorders if taken once or twice per day. Blackberry brandy was advertised and allowed sale without a license. Catarrh Snuff was guaranteed to give relief against colds/influenza. Other ant-influenza products advertised in the Sears catalog were Special Family Remedies such as Laudanum (a tincture of opium), Essence of Peppermint, Spirits of Camphor, Extract Witch Hazel, and Musterole laxative cold tablets containing acetanilid. Compounds containing acetanilid were used in medicine chiefly as an analgesic or antipyretic. |
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