Allen - I wonder if the Hamburger doesn't refer to Hamburg, Germany, and
that the medicine was implied to have originated there.

Ron - It does list Fellow's Compound Syrup of Hypophosphites on page
226 and says that was introduced around 1872.

Sean Dunham

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Sean:

Does that book also list Fellows Compound Syrup bottles?

Ron Fellows


Sean Dunham wrote:

> April,
>
> That one shows up on page 170 of Richard Fike's "The Bottle Book: A
> Comprehensive Guide to Historic, Embossed Medicine Bottles,"
Peregrine
> Smith Books, Salt Lake City (1987).  That source says it was
introduced
> in 1871.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sean Dunham
>
>