Dr. Kilmer's Medicine Bottle
government report · 2022
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SUMMARY
A U.S. National Park Service interpretive article (no individual byline given; publisher NPS; page dated Oct. 1, 2022), fetched directly. States Dr. Sylvester Andral Kilmer was born in Cobleskill, New York, in 1840; that in 1892 'Jonas and Willis bought out Dr. Kilmer's remaining shares'; that the remedies were marketed for kidney, liver, bladder, heart, cancer, and consumption complaints; that the formulation contained 'roots, herbs, and a hearty dose of alcohol' but no morphine, opium, or cocaine; and that the company had branch offices across multiple countries by 1909. Used for the 1892 buyout date and Andral Kilmer's birth year and birthplace, corroborating the Kilmer Building history page.
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The National Park Service’s “Dr. Kilmer’s Medicine Bottle” (published Oct. 1, 2022, no individual byline) is a short interpretive article, fetched directly, giving Dr. Sylvester Andral Kilmer’s birth (Cobleskill, New York, 1840), the 1892 buyout of his remaining shares by his brother Jonas and nephew Willis, the marketed disease list, and the alcohol-and-herbs composition excluding opiates and cocaine. Cited for the buyout date and biographical detail, corroborated independently by the Kilmer Building history page and, for the buyout, consistent with Samuel Hopkins Adams’s 1912 report that Dr. Kilmer had “not for many years” been connected with the business.