Dr. Kilmer's Medicine Bottle (U.S. National Park Service)

04 Dec.,2023

 

S. Andral Kilmer Consultation Advertisement.

(Image from https://www.antiquemedicines.com/Kilmer/Kilmer.htm)

Conflict arose within the Kilmer family when the packaging for the Swamp Root Kidney Cure invited customers to seek medical advice and prescription from Dr. Kilmer. However, this was long after Dr. Kilmer had sold his share in the company and was no longer the physician in charge of the medical department. Therefore, the Kilmer Company was giving medical advice and prescribing their own drugs, all with the illusion that Dr. Kilmer was the source of these diagnoses. When Dr. Kilmer brought his brother Jonas and nephew Willis to court for these false claims, the judge sided with Dr. Kilmer. However, this decision was later overturned by the State Appellate Court.

Jonas and Willis had successfully taken the creations of Dr. Kilmer and, using clever (though sometimes deceptive) advertising and aggressive business techniques, had turned them into a nationally known household name. In response to being asked what Swamp Root was good for, Willis once replied “About a million dollars a year!”


The Kilmer name is one that can still be seen around the city of Binghamton, New York and discarded bottles of Kilmer’s Swamp Root Cure, like the one found here, are now common in museum collections and archeological sites all across the country.

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