Project Gutenberg 2004-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 116 Shaw, Robert B. History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills Reading ease score: 58.5 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "History of the Comstock Patent Medicine Business and Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills" by Robert B. Shaw is a historical account written during the late 20th century. The work examines the evolution of the Comstock Company and its flagship product, Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, exploring the intricacies of the patent medicine industry from its origins in the 19th century to the modern era. Shaw not only documents the business's local impact in Morristown, New York, but also its broader significance in the context of American commerce and medicine. At the start of the narrative, Shaw introduces the Comstock factory, a notable establishment in the small village of Morristown, which played a central role in the local economy for nearly a century. The opening section provides a backdrop to the factory's humble beginnings, its gradual expansion, and the eventual challenges it faced with changes in medical practices and regulations. Additionally, the author delves into the origins of the company, including the Comstock family's involvement and the foundation of Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, outlining the complicated relationships and business dynamics that marked its history, complete with legal disputes and the company’s strategic advertising methods. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en W.H. Comstock Co. Patent medicines -- United States HD Text Medicine Browsing: Business/Management Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: History - General 204772 188833 2024-11-06T07:51:08.022363 2023-10-06T09:04:26.487853 text/html text/html 175502 2020-12-18T04:55:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 9516334 2020-12-18T04:55:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 9299106 2024-11-06T07:51:19.813291 application/epub+zip 9286357 2024-11-06T07:51:12.763277 application/epub+zip 125456 2024-11-06T07:51:10.887307 application/epub+zip 9519094 2024-11-06T07:51:24.640290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 9482066 2024-11-06T07:51:17.273289 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 173327 2022-09-07T01:58:41.599119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159559 159508 2024-11-06T07:51:07.051328 2023-10-06T09:04:25.759843 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 159396 2020-12-18T04:55:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 59855 2020-12-18T04:55:17 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 159387 2020-12-18T04:55:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 59836 2020-12-18T04:55:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21673 2024-11-06T07:51:24.812218 application/rdf+xml 25155 2024-11-06T07:51:11.490288 image/jpeg 4619 2024-11-06T07:51:11.166291 image/jpeg 9256323 2024-11-06T07:51:08.273365 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog