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Jeremy Kemp
Nov 11, 202112 min read
Patent medicines 1: When is a patent medicine not a patented medicine?
The majority of ‘patent medicines’ on both sides of the Atlantic were not and never had been patented.
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Oct 3, 20209 min read
Bottles 2. Jesuit's Drops, 1755 - circa 1860s.
On 29th October 1755 a patent was granted to Robert Walker of London for "A new invented medicine, called Jesuit's drops ...".
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Jeremy Kemp
Sep 30, 202012 min read
Bottles 1. Turlington's Balsam of Life: the 1754 design.
"BY THE KING's ROYALL PATENT GRANTED TO ROBt TURLINGTON FOR HIS INVENTED BALSAM OF LIFE. LONDON. JANy 26 1754." Turlington used at least thr
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