At www.sueyounghistories.com: Frederick K. Humphreys 1816-1900. In 1844 he practiced medicine with his father, Dr. Erastus Humphreys, then after in 1848 he attended the Pennsylvania Homeopathic Medical College in Philadelphia where he earned a title of Doctor of Homeopathic Medicine. By 1854, living in New York City, he started Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine, and by 1856 he made medicines called Homeopathic Specifics for animals, and continued to do so until his death.
At www.verterinarycollectibles.com: The Homeopathic Specifics for animals had a range of 15% to as high as 52% alcohol in the bottle! Depending on which bottle was bought, the medicines treated a range of livestock issues: Distemper, colic, strangle, convulsions. lung congestion, belly ache, wind blown and fever in livestock.
I imagine there were plenty of drunk livestock meandering about back in those days.
These bottles are most likely 1856 to 1900.
At www.verterinarycollectibles.com: The Homeopathic Specifics for animals had a range of 15% to as high as 52% alcohol in the bottle! Depending on which bottle was bought, the medicines treated a range of livestock issues: Distemper, colic, strangle, convulsions. lung congestion, belly ache, wind blown and fever in livestock.
I imagine there were plenty of drunk livestock meandering about back in those days.
These bottles are most likely 1856 to 1900.
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