I am sure it was the Viagra of its day, hint the coded words in the title "swamp root"........
....of course it didn't work for everyone. On Sep 26, 2010, at 6:12 AM, Bruce Hershenson wrote: > 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. > > 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 > > 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 > our auctions > 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 > our auctions > 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. > 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.
