I have included it here in its entirety so you have a general guideline of the promises made by these types of medicines. The following appeared in an 1802 edition of the Lancaster Gazette. Some of the advertisements were quite lengthy. Advertisements and testimonials for this miracle product abound.
Brodum’s Botanical Syrup and Restorative Nervous Cordial. One of the most popular patent medicines of the late 18th and early 19th century was Dr. Some even proclaimed that they could cure a fellow of the desire to engage in that “solitary, melancholy practice” so common to the male sex (i.e. According to advertisements of the era, a restorative cordial or tonic could do practically anything, from curing dropsy in children to curing impotence in men and hysteria in women. The claims they made on behalf of their products were extraordinary. These various powders, potions, elixirs, and cordials were primarily peddled by quacks, some of whom purported to be doctors from respected universities like St.
(Image Courtesy of The Wellcome Library, CC BY 4.0.)ĭuring the 18th and 19th century, patent medicines were everywhere.
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