Description: A nice bottle but difficult to read with the dark contents. Is embossed J B Marchisi Utica N Y. Bottle is 6.75 inches tall. Marchisi was a well known doctor. From the Utica Bottle Directory on the Doctor-"In 1815 he came to Utica, NY and is believed to be the first immigrant of Italian descent. He began working in the office of Dr. Amos G. Hull, where he worked for 10 years. He had compounded many prescriptions there, including an ointment developed back in Italy, that he used on Napoleon’s troops, in France, Russia, Canada, and Utica, NY. He later sold it in tin boxes labeled, “Dr. Marchisi’s Pile Ointment.” His fame came with the discovery of Catholicon, pat. in 1850. The Catholicon was widely used as a medicine for female uterine disturbances. He sold the formula 1878 for $10,000 to the firm of Howarth & Ballard, advertised in about 1,300 newspapers US & Europe."Looks to be one of his original concoctions still in the bottle.
Price: 13.75 USD
Location: Reynoldsburg, Ohio
End Time: 2024-03-21T22:04:54.000Z
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
