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Patented Sept 23d, 1873
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Compound
Talcum
(Magnesia Silicata)
Baby Powder
To Soften and Preserve
The Skin.
For
Babies
And
Adults
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Manufactured by
Julius Fehr, Pharmaceutist
Hoboken, N.J.
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[text starting on left panel and continuing on front and concluding on right panel] Year 1873 by J. Fehr in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington, D.C.
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[band running around foot of tube] We Cheerfully Invite The Profession and Public to Criticism and Inquiry
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Direction:
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Powder your baby every
time after washing with
THE
COMPOUND TALCUM
which will
absorb all moisture from
the Skin, and cool and soften the
same and avoid all possibi-
ity to get sore or chafed.
It will prevent Prickly Heat,
Hives, Nettlerash, Chicken Pox,
etc. and all those annoying
minor skin affections.
ADULTS
use it in the same manner.
--
J. Fehr, M.D.
Hoboken, N.J.
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The "Compound Talcum" is pure white.
Peculiar influences may give it a tint,
but can not alter its properties. Keep dry.
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This
COMPOUND
CARBOLIC TALCUM
by its
antiseptic and antizumotic
properties will prevent in a
great measure all
Contagious Diseases. viz:
MEASLES, SCARLATINA,
WHOOPING COUGH,
DIPTHERIA, SCURVY,
SMALL POX, etc.,
beside the
MALARIAL FEVERS,
and will not be less useful
in the treatment of the same.
It is approved by our highest
medical authorities.
See Circular.
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[top]
Shake The Talcum
Through These Holes
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Don't Break The Box
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[bottom]
BOTTOM.
PERFUMED
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Do not break the box
Shake through the
perforated part
of it.
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(Text below is Fehr's patent as published on page 712 of Specifications and Drawings of Patents Issued from the U.S. Patent Office, 1873.)
SPECIFICATIONS OF PATENTS—September 23, 1873.
144,133. Medical Compounds or Powders for Infants. Julius Fehr, Hoboken, N. J. [Filed Sept. 12, 1873.]
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, Julius Fehr, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of Now Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Medical Compound; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilled in the art to make and use the same.
This invention relates to a medical compound made of silicate of magnesia, carbolic acid, and oxide of zinc, which, by its antiseptic and antizymotic properties, serves, in a great measure, to counteract contagion.
In preparing my powder I take of silicate of magnesia one thousand parts; carbolic acid, one part, and, mixing them together, I add of the remaining ingredient, oxide of zinc, one-fifth part. This proportion may, however, be altered, as dictated by the nature and complaint of the user, and the oxide of zinc may be omitted, or added only in aggravated cases, or for the use of adults.
When these ingredients have been thoroughly commingled my compound or powder is ready for use, and by applying the same on the sensitive parts of the human body such parts will be kept pure and from from putrefaction.
My powder is particularly intended for infants, and the same will be found of advantage for the prevention of small pox, measles, scarlatina, whooping-cough, diphtheria, fever of all kinds, prickly-heat, hives, mumps, ery-sipelas, and other diseases of a similar nature.
By my compound a powder is produced which is easy of application, and which is exceedingly cheap, so that the same is within the reach of all classes of the population.
What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is—
1. A medical compound, prepared of silicate of magnesia and carbolic acid mixed together, in the manner and about in the proportions herein specified.
2. A medical compound, made of silicate of magnesia, carbolic acid, and oxide of zinc mixed together, substantially in the manner and about in the proportion set forth.
JULIUS FEHR.
Witnesses:
Chas. Wahlers
E. F. KASTENHUBEF.
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Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-11-06
