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The 1906 Food and Drugs Act and creation of the FDA In June 1906, President Theodore Roosevelt signed into law the Food and Drugs Act, also known [...]
January 4, 2008
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Side Seams: None: bottle may be free blown and uneven shape dating before 1860 or the bottle may have an even shape but spun in the mold to smoth [...]
January 4, 2008
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Before 1858 most bottles were made the same way using a punty rod that held the bottle over a fire and when the bottle was formed the punty rod [...]
December 20, 2007
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Bromo-Seltzer Bottles In 1888, behind the prescription counter of a small drugstore near Charles in Baltimore, Isaac E. Emerson first conceived [...]
December 16, 2007
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Beer Bottles Beer is of ancient origins. At the beginning it was restricted exclusively to the upper classes. Poor people would drank a beverage [...]
December 13, 2007
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Poison Bottles A Brief History For centuries chemist dispensed toxic substances in bottles with corks. They were used in very small quantities as [...]
December 13, 2007
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Cure Bottles Cure bottles are interesting as they serve as a documentary evidence of how the general public was fooled in the 19th and early 20th [...]
December 13, 2007
