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Bottle, 'Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment'

Bottle, 'Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment'
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Bottle, 'Dr Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment'
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Wyndham & Districts Historical Museum
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Wyndham & Districts Historical Museum
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This is an unusual amber brown coloured glass rectangular shaped bottle embossed with the words 'Dr Sheldon's New Discovery'. Advertising of the time claimed that it 'banished all pain'. “Magnetic” balms, oils, and other products were common during the nineteenth century, with the implication that the medicine's magnetic properties had a similar effect to mesmerism, drawing symptoms away and out of the body. Magnetic influences were said to be powerful and effective against a wide range of ai...

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Date created
1890-1900
Creator
Sheldon Drug Company
URL
https://ehive.com/collections/3102/objects/1004405
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Health and Medicine / Business and Retail / 1890s

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