Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root Bottle in Original Box, Quack Medicine 5 1/2 oz & 11 oz.

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Antique Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root bottles... in original boxes in great condition! Beautiful box, measures 7 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in. 11 oz is 9 in x3 in 1/2x2 in  Bottles are in  excellent shape too with original labels (some product in bottles).. See photosboxes in very good condition...again see pics for condition...
According to the Center for Inquiry: "Dr. Kilmer’s Swamp Root Kidney medicine began in the mid-1870s and in time became a household name. It was the creation of Dr. S(ylvester) Andral Kilmer (1840–1924) who developed a line of patent remedies in Binghamton, New York...Swamp Root declined after implementation of the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, which subjected many products to testing, demanded honest labeling (the word “cure,” for example, was all but forbidden), and required listing of ingredients. Medical experts regarded Swamp Root as pure quackery, potentially dangerous and lacking evidence that it cured any disease of the kidney or liver." It contained 10% alcohol and various herbs