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The Project Gutenberg eBook of History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Author: Robert B. Shaw Release date: September 8, 2004 [eBook #13397] Most recently updated: October 28, 2024 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13397 Credits: Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK HISTORY OF THE COMSTOCK PATENT MEDICINE BUSINESS AND DR. MORSE'S INDIAN ROOT PILLS *** HISTORY of the COMSTOCK PATENT MEDICINE BUSINESS and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills by Robert B. Shaw Associate Professor, Accounting and History Clarkson College of Technology Potsdam, N.Y. SMITHSONIAN STUDIES IN HISTORY AND TECHNOLOGY NUMBER 22 COVER: Changing methods of packaging Comstock remedies over the years.--Lower left: Original packaging of the Indian Root Pills in oval veneer boxes. Lower center: The glass bottles and cardboard and tin boxes. Lower right: The modern packaging during the final years of domestic manufacture. Upper left: The Indian Root Pills as they are still being packaged and distributed in Australia. Upper center: Dr. Howard's Electric Blood Builder Pills. Upper right: Comstock's Dead Shot Worm Pellets. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Shaw, Robert B., 1916-- History of the Comstock patent medicine business and of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills. (Smithsonian studies in history and technology, no. 22) Bibliography: p.