Description: Antique Norwood's Tinct. V. Viride Apothecary Glass Bottle 5.25" Tall CHIPPED!!. Measures at 2.25"x1.3". Chipped at the rim. Dirt on the inside. "Dr.Wesley Calhoun Norwood was born in 1806 and graduated from a medical college in Castleton, Vermont in 1830. He set up practice in Cokesbury, South Carolina w he lived. In 1850, Norwood became famous when he published a paper in the Southern Medical & Surgical Journal extolling the virtues of veratrum viride, (or white hellebore), in all diseases w t was fever or rapid pulse. This caused a nationwide debate among doctors who became evenly divided over the medical benefits of veratrum viride. Of course, Dr.Norwood was promoting only his own TINCTURE VIRIDE and condemned all others. He had contracted with the Shaker religious cult to produce and market his Tincture early on in the 1850s. Norwood received royalties from the Shakers who were the sole proprietors and only authorized agents of his medicine. Since the Shakers were based out of New England and New York, when the Civil War broke out in 1861, communications and royalties were cut off. When the war finally ended in 1865, Norwood received a huge sum of money from the Shakers for all the royalties of the past 4 years.This made Dr.Norwood one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina because he had "real" money instead of the now worthless Confederate paper money. Tragically, both of Norwood's sons had been killed fighting for the Confederate Army. Also, all 3 of his daughters died before he finally died in 1884. The whole family is buried in Long Cane Cemetary near Abbeville,SC." Box 43
Price: 49.99 USD
Location: West Palm Beach, Florida
End Time: 2024-10-19T17:59:44.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Color: Lightly tinted purple
Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1930
