Antique Rare Apothecary Pharmacy Opium Bottle By S E Massengill One Gallon

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Antique Rare Apothecary Pharmacy Opium Bottle By S E Massengill.
The Massengill company was responsible for the Elixir Sulfanilamide disaster of 1937, described as one of the most consequential mass poisonings of the 20th century. Elixir Sulfanilamide was formulated with diethylene glycol as a solvent. The company claimed to have been unaware of the toxicity of diethylene glycol, despite the existence of published studies describing its dangerous properties. The elixir was released with no safety testing, leading to the deaths of at least one hundred people in fifteen states. The resulting scandal led to the passage of the 1938 Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
This gallon bottle is exceedingly rare, especially with a mostly intact label. I was not able to find another that had been sold.
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