What do you suppose it actually "remedies" in specific, and does it get you high?
Bruce On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Neil Jaworski <[email protected]>wrote: > hey bruce, this is what come up first if you google "dr kilmer's swamp > root" > > http://www.bottlebooks.com/drkilmer.htm > > By 1895 the company had a line of 18 different medicines: Of these the most > common was the *Swamp Root*. The bottle of which has an embossed label > area in the shape of a kidney. The embossing reads: " THE GREAT / DR. / > KILMER’S / SWAMP / ROOT / KIDNEY / LIVER & . BLADDER / CURE / SPECIFIC". The > bottle was made in a sample, small and large size. Only the large has the > embossed kidney. Sometime after the passage of the Food and Drug Act of > 1906, the word "CURE" was dropped in favor of the word, "REMEDY". Even > later, the embossing was dropped but the embossed kidney panel was retained. > Believe it or not one can still buy "Swamp Root" today complete with a > portrait of Andral S. Kilmer. > > <http://www.bottlebooks.com/drkilmer.htm>so it appears that you can still > by swamp root today! Yum! > n > > --- On *Sun, 26/9/10, Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]>* wrote: > > > From: Bruce Hershenson <[email protected]> > Subject: [MOPO] Anyone here ever try any Swamp Root? > To: [email protected] > Date: Sunday, 26 September, 2010, 13:53 > > Before it closes, I wanted to see if any here has either tried any Swamp > Root (from Dr. Kilmer or anyone else), or even just knows what it is, or > what it is taken for. > > *6b170 DR. KILMER'S SWAMP ROOT glass slide > '20s*<http://auctions.emovieposter.com/Bidding.taf?_function=detail&Auction_uid1=1937379> > > The glass slide says that "Dr. Kilmers Swamp-Root Makes Friends For Us", > and I am not clear what that means! If I had to guess, I would think that > among MoPo members, it would likely be Tom Martin, Allen Day or Greg Douglas > who might have a personal relationship with Swamp Root, but I welcome input > from anyone > > > -- > Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team > P.O. Box 874 > West Plains, MO 65775 > Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take > lunch) > our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> > our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> > Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com > ___________________________________________________________________ How to > UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: > [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF > MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content. > > > -- Bruce Hershenson and the other 28 members of the eMoviePoster.com team P.O. Box 874 West Plains, MO 65775 Phone: 417-256-9616 (hours: Mon-Fri 9 to 5 except from 12 to 1 when we take lunch) our site <http://www.emovieposter.com/> our auctions <http://www.emovieposter.com/agallery/all.html> Visit the MoPo Mailing List Web Site at www.filmfan.com ___________________________________________________________________ How to UNSUBSCRIBE from the MoPo Mailing List Send a message addressed to: [email protected] In the BODY of your message type: SIGNOFF MOPO-L The author of this message is solely responsible for its content.
