Antique Bottle - Hamlin’s Wizard Oil - Light Aqua

Antique 1900s Hamlin's Wizard Oil Bottle, Aqua, EUC. No chips or cracks, light aqua color, many nice bubbles and imperfections in the glass. A rare piece of American history. The term "snake oil" comes from medicines just like this one! Measures 6 1/4" H x 2 1/8" W. Item will be shipped heavily padded. Please ask if you have any questions!

"Hamlin's Wizard Oil was an American patent medicine sold as a cure-all under the slogan "There is no Sore it will Not Heal, No Pain it will not Subdue." First produced in 1861 in Chicago by former magician John Austen Hamlin and his brother Lysander B. Hamlin, it was primarily sold and used as a liniment for rheumatic pain and sore muscles, but was advertised as a treatment for pneumonia, cancer, diphtheria, earache, toothache, headache and hydrophobia. It was made of 50%-70% alcohol containing camphor, ammonia, chloroform, sassafras, cloves, and turpentine, and was said to be usable both internally and topically."