Item #64759 DR. FAHRNEY'S INFALLIBLE WORM SYRUP. THE MOST EFFICIENT REMEDY. PLEASANT TO TAKE....

DR. FAHRNEY'S INFALLIBLE WORM SYRUP. THE MOST EFFICIENT REMEDY. PLEASANT TO TAKE....

NP [Hagerstown, MD?]: np, nd [1890s?]. Small paper bag, printed with an ad for Dr. Fahrney's Infallible Worm Syrup, text enclosed in a black border. 24 x 10 cm. Bag scalloped along top edge. Likely intended for use as packaging for the syrup, which is further advertised: "It don't make Children Sick. Try It! Try It!! Sold by Dealers Everywhere. 25 cents per bottle." A little rumpled, else very good. Item #64759

Dr. D. Fahrney & Son of Hagerstown, Maryland ran afoul of the Dept. of Agriculture's Food and Drug administration for misbranding one of their preparations, Dr. Fahrney's Teething Syrup, in 1909.
OCLC lists one copy: Univ. of Rochester Med. Ctr.

Price: $25.00

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