HALL’S CATARRH CURE vintage bottle in near-mint condition from the

Catarrh is from an ancient Greek phrase meaning “to flow down” and is essentially a post-nasal drip, often with mucus in your nose and sinuses and phlegm in your throat. Hall’s Catarrh Cure was a classic example of a gullible public being influenced by an avalanche of advertising in the late 1800s. Invented by Dr. Henry S. Hall, the rights to this “cure” were sold to Frank J. Cheney in the early 1870s. Cheney turned most of his early profits right back into advertising and by the 1890s he was advertising in over 16,000 newspapers throughout the world and reportedly mailed out 200,000 circulars every day! He employed salesmen who went door to door in most states throughout the country and the pitch in person and through the ads was basic: Beware of ointments for Catarrh that contain mercury (his of course did not) and Claim a $100 reward for any case of Catarrh that can't be cured with Hall’s Catarrh Cure. My favorite story is about a man who took 26 bottles and asked for his reward; the reply was he had not given the product a fair trial. (thanks to bottlebooks.com) The bottle is 4.5 inches tall, nicely embossed with HALL’S CATARRH CURE, in near-mint condition, clear, clean, and free of chips or cracks. As always with vintagepapa, carefully wrapped and mailed promptly using USPS Priority. Thank you for looking!