Wyeth's Red Gum Lozenges : astringent, styptic, antiseptic
- Bib ID:
- 8067281
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Philadelphia : John Wyeth & Brother, Incorporated, Manufacturing Chemists, [between 1895 and 1905?]
- 1 leaf ; 17 x 12.6 cm
- Series:
- Australian ephemera collection (Trade catalogues)
- Summary:
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Separately issued flyer or hand-out advertising a eucalyptus cough medicine made from Western Australian gum trees. Printed on cheap and fragile pulp paper. Back blank. The text begins by expressing surprise that Red Gum is rarely used by physicians in the United States, as it is widely prescribed in Great Britain and the continent, "while in Australia it is used to the exclusion of almost every other vegetable astringent." It notes that "Red Gum is the resinous exudation from the bark of the Eucalyptus Rostrata found in Western Australia" (in later promotional literature Southern California is listed as an additional place where this variety of eucalyptus is grown), and claims that in "the form of a Lozenge it is admirably adapted and effective as a remedy in all cases of relaxed Uvula, inflamed Mucous Membranes and Bronchial Tubes, Ulcerated Sore Mouth and Gums, and its local action as an astringent, styptic and antiseptic is most marked; its peculiar styptic effect upon all mucous surfaces, particularly the fauces, deadens the sensibilities, thus sheathing and producing a soothing, calmative effect, lessening the tendency to cough and relieving the soreness." The prescribed dose is to allow one lozenge "to dissolve slowly in the mouth every two or three hours; or two or three may be taken in succession if the cough is severe and irritating."
- Biography/History:
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Red Gum Lozenges appear to have been first formulated by the Victorian pharmaceutical chemist Joseph Bosisto (1824-1898), who arrived in Adelaide from England in 1848, and was associated with the use of eucalyptus oil in a variety of medicinal products. The lozenges may have come to Wyeth's attention amongst Bosisto's exhibits at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. Bosisto advertised "Lozenges of Eucalyptus Rostrata" in Victoria from at least 1874 and by 1877 this product had been renamed "Red Gum Lozenges".
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- John Wyeth & Brother, issuing body
- Also Titled:
- Red Gum Lozenges : astringent, styptic, antiseptic
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- Since 1975 [Created/Published Date + 70 Years]
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1905
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