1890s SULTAN DRUG COMPANY CACTINA PELLETS St. Louis MO Embossed BIM Pill Bottle

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1890s SULTAN DRUG COMPANY CACTINA PELLETS St. Louis MO Embossed BIM Pill Bottle

Cactina is the active proximate principle of Cereus Grandiflora Mexicana. As a heart tonic, Cactina has proven to be of immense value in the treatment of those diseases in which the action of the heart and the circulation are of vital importance. It has no cumulative action and is agreeable to the stomach in all conditions. It is indicated in abnormal heart action, such as tachycardia, palpitation, irregularity, feebleness ; for the cardiac weakness and nervousness caused by the excessive use of tobacco, tea, coffee or alcohol; to support the heart in the treatment of febrile and chronic diseases, and to sustain foetal circulation during gestation. It is frequently employed advantageously to prevent cardiac depression when administering anti-pyretics, anodynes and hypnotics.Cactina, or any of the preparations of Cereus, is best given with Capsicum as the two together form the best treatment in any heart trouble that is possible to get. The genuine Cactina pellet is made by the Sultan Drug Co., St. Louis, Mo., U. S. A.

This is a bottle from an estate collection that had been in storage from 1966-2017. The original collection was over 4000 bottles. The family that built this collection was deeply into historical preservation and conservation. They did their own digging, which included collecting all the of the paper travel memorabilia as they traveled across the American West looking for these old bottles (and insulators, and rocks – but we didn’t get those collections). In some cases, we have items that were prepared for going to shows, and then we have boxes and boxes of bottles that are “freshly dug”. Please see our other listings for many other bottles from this collection, as well as the many paper collectibles.

Exact wording embossed (i.e. raised lettering) on the bottle.

on front, inset, embossed raised letters:  SULTAN DRUG CO ST. LOUIS
Left side, flat:                   N/A
Right side, flat:                N/A
No wording on bottle back or bottom
Color: Clear
Bottle Size: 2″ x 0.875″ x 0.625″
BIM bottle:  Side seams (2) end approximately 1/8″ below lip;
Age:  1890s
Style of Top: Applied Tooled. No closure, Concave base, hinged mold mark.

No marks on the base.

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