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Wikipedia:

 

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills were first made in 1854 in Buffalo, New York.

The company moved from Buffalo to plants in both Brockville, Ontario, and Morristown, New York.

There never was a Dr. Morse

 

The ingredients were identified as natural herbs and roots used by the Indians.

W.H. Comstock said these pills cured:

 

Biliousness,

Dyspepsia,

Constipation,

Sick Headache,

Scrofula,

Kidney Disease,

Liver Complaint,

Jaundice,

Piles,

Dysentery,

Colds,

Boils,

Malarial Fever,

Flatulency,

Foul Breath,

Eczema,

Gravel,

Worms,

Female Complaints,

Rheumatism,

Neuralgia,

La Grippe,

Palpitation,

and

Nervousness

 

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W. H. Comstock's Indian Root Pills continued to be made in Australia until 1959

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Courtesy of Jane McCrellis

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