Gargling Oil Songster, 1890
Dr. George W. Merchant was a Lockport, New York druggist. In 1833 he created a "liniment for man or beast" marketed as “Dr. Merchant’s Gargling Oil.” It is not clear why the product was called gargling oil, when it was as a liniment. If someone were to gargle with it, they certainly would have regretted it.
-- Doug Farley, Lockport Union-Sun and Journal
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Taken circa 1890
Gargling Oil Songster, 1890
Dr. George W. Merchant was a Lockport, New York druggist. In 1833 he created a "liniment for man or beast" marketed as “Dr. Merchant’s Gargling Oil.” It is not clear why the product was called gargling oil, when it was as a liniment. If someone were to gargle with it, they certainly would have regretted it.
-- Doug Farley, Lockport Union-Sun and Journal
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Taken circa 1890