3-part series on “Burdock Blood Bitters”

In from one of newest Fed members and noted Civil War author Jim Schmidt…Make sure you visit his blog site and sign up to receive his posts. Part I of a 3-part series on “Burdock Blood Bitters” includes an 1883 letter from the [...]

“Converse Treatment” for Epilepsy

Read three (3) Jim Schmidt posts on the “Converse Treatment” for epilepsy (named for its “inventor,” Mrs. C. E. Converse) at A “Sure Cure” for Epilepsy – Part I – “Plausible, Ingenious, and Despicable” A “Sure Cure” for Epilepsy – [...]

Patent-Medicine Themed Patriotic Covers from the Civil War

Do you have a bottle of "Uncle Sam's Infallible Remedy"? How about "Lincoln's Renowned Rebel Exterminator"? I bet you don't! Check out some fun patent-medicine themed patriotic covers from the Civil War! Read the rest from one of our newest [...]

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