Lot #5 - 4 Antique Drug Bottles and Poisons from Abbott Laboratories, Chicago

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Lot #5 - 4 Antique Drug Bottles and Poisons (+ Boxes) from Abbott Laboratories, Chicago
No reserve auction
for display purposes only -- not for human consumption
I believe these 4 drug bottles were manufactured after 1915, since in 1915
The Abbott Alkaloidal Company
changed its name to Abbott Laboratories (see below).
Each bottle has an intact label and cork top, with box included.
Description of the 4 bottles, from LtoR, see photo:
#1 (+box) - "Cinchophen Tablets"
#2 (+box) - "Atropine Sulphate"
#3 (+box) - "Uterine Tonic Pills"
#4 (+box) - "Calcidin Powder" - inside box is the drug pamphlet describing the product and directions
the origins of Abbott Laboratories (now known as AbbVie Inc., market cap 5/31/2024 = 5 billon)
(from wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbott_Laboratories
)
In 1888 at the age of 30, Wallace Abbott (1857–1921), an 1885 graduate of the
University of Michigan
, founded the
Abbott Alkaloidal Company
in
Ravenswood, Chicago
. At the time, he was a practising physician and owned a drug store. His innovation was formulating the active part of
alkaloid
medicinal plants
—
morphine
,
quinine
,
strychnine
and
codeine
—as tiny "dosimetric granules", producing more consistent and effective dosages for patients than the liquid preparations previously used, which deteriorated over time.
The Abbott Alkaloidal Company was incorporated on March 6, 1900, and changed its name to Abbott Laboratories on May 29, 1915.
The name change reflected the company's growing research focus and move into synthetic compounds.
In 1922, the company moved from Ravenswood to
North Chicago, Illinois
.