Wm Radam's "Microbe Killer" No. 1
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content: Ceramic jug with a “Wm. Radam’s / ‘MICROBE KILLER’ / No. 1” inscription. William Radam (1845-1902) was a German gardener and botanist who moved to the United States around 1882, settled in Austin, Tx., and developed a “Microbe Killer” that, he claimed, would cure all diseases. That product
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content: enjoyed great commercial success until the passage of the Federal Food & Drugs Act of 1912.
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content: Ref: William Radam, Microbes and Microbe Killer (1890).
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content: “Prof. Koch Outdone,” Boston Globe (March 3, 1895), p. 15.
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content: “Death of William Radam,” New York Tribune (Feb. 4, 1902), p. 7.
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content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-11466
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content: 260557
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content: M-11466
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content: otc preparation
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content: Bottle
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content: bottle, apothecary
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 11 in x 6 5/16 in; 27.94 cm x 15.99997 cm
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content: overall: 10 7/8 in x 6 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in; 27.6225 cm x 17.145 cm x 17.145 cm