Many of these contained dangerous substances. Cure for example contained heroin. Some companies were wildly successful earning millions for their proprietors who lavishly displayed their wealth in fancy homes and elegant businesses. Others came and went quickly as their products failed to catch public imagination. Cure for Consumption , Piso s Consumption Cure Kendall s Spavin Cure , Glover s Mange Cure and many others.
Collectors look for a number of factors to determine the desirability of a given bottles.
Color and age rank high as factors. Clear and aqua cures are most common, amber colored ones are more scarce any others colors are rare with a few minor exceptional such as Sanford s Radical Cure, which comes in cobalt and is fairly common. Regardless there are cures for almost every budget and type of collector. You might just look into it and see if it is a cure for what ails you.