The Earliest Western Blown Medicines

Dr. Adolphus Anti Rheumatic Cordial

 

In the continuing series of the earliest western blown medicines its time to explore the Dr. Adolphus Anti Rheumatic Cordial. From what little information I was able to obtain it appears the Adolphus bottle was marketed in 1860 and the bottle blown at the San Francisco Glass Works. Adolphus and Jungerman claimed to be the manufacturers of the Anti Rheumatic Cordial along with a product called Dr. Adolphus' Health Resorative.

 

 

 

Adolphus advertisement from the Sacramento Daily Union October 1860 -as you can see Justin Gates and C.P. Morrill of later day Viriginia City fame sold the Adolphus product

 

The anti rheumatic cordial was advertised to cure not only Rheumatism but darn near everything from Gout to diseases associated with houses of ill repute. The Health Restorative was advertised to help with the pain of rheumatism. It is not clear if the two products were one in the same or two seperate bottled medicines. 

 

 

Dr. Adolphus advertisement for the health resorative taken from the Golden Era newspaper April 1860

 

 

The front embossed panel of the Adolphus bottle

 

 

Notice the crude embossing and the similarity of the R in Francisco to the R on the  Dr. Bowens Blood Purifier

 

 

The Adolphus base has an open pontil and is considered a colored pontiled medicine by medicine collectors

 

Thanks to Dennis Eastley for the pictures of the Dr. Adolphus

 

(Part Ttwo of a Three part series)