Dr Ransom's Hive Syrup and Tolu. [With African-American. First edition.]
by Ransom, Dr
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About This Item
New York: late 19th Century. Color lithograph trade card. With cut-outs. 20 x 13.5 cm.Hive syrup was used to treat croup, bronchial infection commonly seen in children. Soothing remedies were popular treatments, as were expectorants. More well-known hive syrups such as Cox’s or Dr. Ransom‘s have surviving recipes with ingredients such as squill extracts, senega, tincture of tolu, tartar emetic, sugar, water, and alcohol. Tartar emetic, a poisonous white salt, would cause profuse vomiting, though side effects could include hepatitis and death. Although recipes do not survive, for Jacques & Marsh’s Hive syrup, researchers may be able to test the bottles to see if residue analysis can help determine what their syrup was made of.z
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- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
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- 51-5520
- Title
- Dr Ransom's Hive Syrup and Tolu. [With African-American. First edition.]
- Author
- Ransom, Dr
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- New York: late 19th Century
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- Ephemera; Military;
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