{"id":950,"date":"2023-02-28T00:47:41","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T00:47:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=950"},"modified":"2023-03-06T01:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T01:54:11","slug":"convent-medical","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/?page_id=950","title":{"rendered":"Convent Medical"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-d5db3a3\" data-block-id=\"d5db3a3\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-d5db3a3-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-51b6e4d\" data-block-id=\"51b6e4d\"><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-51b6e4d-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-51b6e4d-inner-blocks\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b075ebd\" data-block-id=\"b075ebd\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b075ebd-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-347c83a\" data-block-id=\"347c83a\"><style>.stk-347c83a-container{background-image:url(https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/kids1918-1.jpg) !important;background-attachment:fixed !important;background-position:top center !important;background-repeat:no-repeat !important;background-size:contain !important}.stk-347c83a-container:before{background-color:#000000 !important;opacity:0.5 !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-347c83a-container stk-hover-parent stk--has-background-overlay\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-347c83a-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Medical Items Recovered<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns stk-block-columns stk-block stk-fe1bbe6\" data-block-id=\"fe1bbe6\"><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-fe1bbe6-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-09cb4b7\" data-block-id=\"09cb4b7\"><style>.stk-09cb4b7-container{margin-top:14px !important;margin-right:14px !important;margin-bottom:14px !important;margin-left:14px !important}@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-09cb4b7{flex:1 1 calc(33.33400000000002% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-09cb4b7-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-09cb4b7-inner-blocks\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full has-custom-border\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"296\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou10.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"has-border-color has-luminous-vivid-amber-border-color wp-image-1097\" style=\"border-width:3px;border-radius:10px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou10.jpg 365w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou10-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\"><strong>Prescription bottles<\/strong><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"528\" height=\"205\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou16.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou16.jpg 528w, https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou16-300x116.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Warner&#8217;s Safe Kidney &amp; Liver Cure<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou14.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1101\" width=\"269\" height=\"283\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Renne&#8217;s Pain Killing Magic Oil<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"273\" height=\"113\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou13.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1102\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-block-column--v3 stk-column stk-block-column--v2 stk-block stk-36ec0c8\" data-block-id=\"36ec0c8\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:690px){.stk-36ec0c8{flex:1 1 calc(66.666% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-36ec0c8-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-36ec0c8-inner-blocks\">\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color\"><strong>An active infirmary would be expected to create illness related refuse that would in-turn find its way into the outhouse. &nbsp;The most obvious illness related materials recovered were medicine bottles. &nbsp;Prescription bottles outnumbered all other types of medical bottles. &nbsp;These were followed in numbers by patent medicine bottles and finally by general medicine bottles.<br><br>When separated into these three categories (prescription, medical, patent medicine) and graphed based on where they were found within the privy deposit, several trends were discovered. &nbsp;Patent medicines were found predominantly in Unit C (#3 on the graph, closest to the infirmary).  Prescription bottles were found predominantly in Unit B (#2 on the graph). &nbsp;General medicine bottles were found predominantly in Unit A (#1 on the graph, closest to the kitchen). &nbsp; Assuming nobstructed access to the privy, and using the \u201cLeast Cost\u201d theory (Earle 1980, Green 1980), items should be disposed of closest to their place of use.<br><br>The location of bottles in the privy suggests that most patent medicines were consumed in the infirmary and most general medicines were consumed in the kitchen\/dining area.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou9.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1093\" width=\"353\" height=\"220\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Types of medicine bottles and their location.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: #f34957\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Prescription<\/span><br><br>Many prescription bottles are embossed with the name and location of the pharmacy that issued the prescription. &nbsp;A pie chart of prescription bottles based on their place of origin provided interesting information about where the patients in the infirmary may have recently been living before moving to San Luis Obispo. &nbsp;As was expected, most prescription bottles were from local San Luis Obispo  pharmacies. &nbsp;The out-of-area prescription bottles suggest that some patients in the infirmary had recently arrived from Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Bernardino, and Petaluma. &nbsp;It is possible that some came from as far away as Minneapolis and Philadelphia. &nbsp;<br><br>Well-represented San Luis Obispo Pharmacies included Booth and Latimer\u2019s Drug Store (23 bottles), Norton &amp; Norton Druggists &amp; Chemists (16), T.A. Greenleaf\u2019s Palace Drug Store (5), Booth\u2019s (3), Latimer\u2019s (3), Dr. Krill (1), and Dawson Drug Co. 794 Higuera St. (1).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou11.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1094\" width=\"392\" height=\"288\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><span style=\"color: var(--theme-palette-color-8, #ffffff);\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Prescription ware, place of origin.<\/span><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: #f34957\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Patent Medicines<\/span><br><br>An analysis was conducted of patent medicines in an attempt to determine the types of illnesses treated. &nbsp;Using the \u201cComprehensive Guide to Historic, Embossed Medicine Bottles\u201d (Fike 1987), a list of bottles and the ailments they treated was developed.<br><br>The graph lists the number of bottles recovered relating to each of the ailments listed. &nbsp;Also listed are the numbers of different remedies tried for each ailment.<br><br>Although it is possible that there is a correlation between the number of bottles used and the prevalence of a particular ailment at the school, there is no way of knowing how many bottles used at the school ended up at some other (unexcavated) refuse location. &nbsp;There is also no way of knowing if  one person required several bottles of a particular medicine, while several other people may have shared only one bottle of another medication. &nbsp;It is safe to say that constipation was a common occurrence at the school. &nbsp;All but two of the constipation remedy bottles were for children (Fig Syrup), suggesting that the food served in the dining hall may have been a problem.<br><br>Although a host of ailments are suggested by the medicine bottles recovered, it is safe to say that tuberculosis, the common cold, and dandruff were problems that plagued the residents. &nbsp;In the table that follows, each patent medicine recovered is listed in the category of ailment it treated along with how many bottles were found and a brief description.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou12.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1095\" width=\"452\" height=\"426\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table class=\"has-luminous-vivid-amber-color has-text-color\"><tbody><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: #f34957\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Ailment<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: #f34957\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Product<br>(# of bottles)<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: #f34957\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Data<\/span><\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Consumption<\/span> (TB)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Psychine (3)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>T.A. Slocum Co, New York. (alc.16% consumption and lung troubles) (1887-1923) (Fike 1987:178)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. Wister\u2019s Balsam of Wild<br>Cherry (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Isaac Butts, Philadelphia. (\u201cThe Great Remedy for Consumption of the Lungs\u201d) (1843-1883)  <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:29)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Piso\u2019s Cure (2)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hazeltine &amp; Co (for consumption, contained cannabis) (1864-1906) (Fike 1987:104)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Ozomulsion (7)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>T.A. Slocum Co, New York. Cod liver oil (lung troubles, increases appetite for thin<br>women) (1880-1902) (Fike 1987:175)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Shilo\u2019s Cure (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>S.C. Wells &amp; Co. New York &nbsp;(for consumption, contained heroin) (1873-1906)  <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:105)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Constipation<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Syrup of Figs (9)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>(child constipation cure) (1884) (Fike 1987:230)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>California Fig Syrup (19)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>California Fig Syrup Co., San Francisco (alc. 6%, senna, cassia, peppermint, clove combined in fig syrup for relief of temporary constipation) (1880-1970) (Fike 1987:225)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. S. Pitcher\u2019s Castoria (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>S. Pitcher &amp; Co. (aid to constipation) (1860\u2019s-890\u2019s) (Fike 1987:177)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Paine\u2019s Celery Compound (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Wells, Richardson &amp; C0, Vermont (reliable laxative and diuretic) (1882+) (Fike 1987:85)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>The Great Dr. Kilmer\u2019s Swamp Root Kidney, Liver and Bladder<br>Cure Specific (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Kilmer &amp; Co. New York (Diuretic to kidneys and mild laxative) (Fike 1987:170)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Blood Purifier<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hoods Sarsaparilla (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>C.I. Hood &amp; Co. Mass (alc. 16%, sarsaparilla, mandrake, gentian, dock, and dandelion tonic) (1876+) (Fike 1987:217)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Pepto-Mangan Gude (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. A. Cudy &amp; Co. (Alc. 16%, Peptonates of iron and manganese) (Fike 1987:176)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Warner\u2019s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure (8)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>H.H. Warner &amp; Co., New York (1879-1906) <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:107)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Pain<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Renne\u2019s Pain Killing Magic Oil\/ Sample\/ Try it (2)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Herrick Medicine Co., New York (1888) <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:195)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Davis Vegetable Pain Killer (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>(1862+) (Fike 1987:130)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>St. Jakob\u2019s Oel (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Charles A. Vogeler Co., Md. (1878-1919) (Fike 1987:195)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Sanford\u2019s Jamaica Ginger (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>For cramps, pains, colds, and ills (Fike 1987:113) (Boston Post 1908)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Cuts and scrapes<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Mexican Mustang Liniment (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Lyon Mfg. Co., New York (for scalds, burns, colds, cuts, bruises, sprains, strains, sore throat, inflammation, galls, scratches, sweeny, spavins, ringbone, lameness, shoe boils, and harness sores) (1871+) (Fike 1987:135)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Pond\u2019s Extract (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Pond\u2019s Extract Co, New York (Witch hazel formulation for burns, bruises, lameness, soreness, sore throat, sprains, toothache, and bleeding of the lungs) (1846-1985) (Fike 1987:120)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Stomach acid<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Husband\u2019s Calcined Magnesia (2)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Thomas J. Husband Chemists, Philadelphia (1844+) (Fike 1987:141)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Bromo Seltzer (3)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Emerson Drug Co., MD. (1889-1907)  <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:111)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Coughs, Colds<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Ayer\u2019s Cherry Pectoral (4)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Ayer Co., Lowell Mass (alc. 16%, cure for colds, cough, sore throat, asthma, bronchitis, hoarseness and other breathing disorders) (1847+) (Fike 1987:199)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Hair Cure<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Ayer\u2019s Pills (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Ayer Co., Lowell Mass (Cathartic pills) (1841+)  <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:201)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Skin Rash<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Farrar\u2019s Sarsaparilla (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Wood Drug Co. Bristol Tenn. (most sarsaparillas were billed as cures for pimples, boils,<br>blotches, ring worm, cancers, tumors, eruptions, ulcers, and venereal disease) <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:216)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Female<br>Complaints<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Lidia Pinkhams Vegetable Compound (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Lidia E. Pinkham\u2019s Sons &amp; Co. (1873+) (alc. 18+%, compound for \u201clady\u2019s complaints\u201d) (Fike 1987:85)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. Pierce\u2019s Golden Medical Discovery (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>R.V. Pierce, MD (1895) (Cures profuse menstruation, menopause, vaginal infection, sterility, ovary disease, etc.) (Fike 1987:110)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Expectorant<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>The Maltine Mfg Co. (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Maltine Mfg. Co, (alc. 88%, extract of malted barley, wheat and oats) (1878+) (Fike 1987:69)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Dandruff<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>B &amp; F Anti Dandruff  Tonic (8)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>No information<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Eyes<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. Thompson\u2019s Eye Water (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>(1850+) (Fike 1987:245)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Kidney, Bladder<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. S.B.H. &amp; Co. (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Peruna Medicine Co., OH (alc. 28%, water 70%, cubebs for flavor 1%, burnt sugar for color 1%, cures catarrh of the head, lungs, stomach, liver and kidneys, pelvis, and dyspepsia and constipation) (1879+) <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:62)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Genital, Urinary<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>O.D. Chem (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>(Sanmeto, made of sandalwood and palmetto berries, healing agent for genito\/urinary disorders) (1891+) (Fike 1987:47) &nbsp;<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Head Disease<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Dr. Marshall\u2019s Snuff (15)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>(cure for all diseases of the head) (1830+) <\/strong><br><strong>(Fike 1987:172)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong><span style=\"color: #222222;background-color: var(--theme-palette-color-2, #55a630)\" class=\"stk-highlight\">Everything<\/span><\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hamlin\u2019s Wizard Oil (1)<\/strong><\/td><td class=\"has-text-align-center\" data-align=\"center\"><strong>Hamlin Wizard Oil Co., Chicago (alc. 65%, cures rheumatism, lame back, headache, toothache, earache, sore throat, diphtheria, catarrh, kidney inflammation and all painful afflictions) (1859+) (Fike 1987:193)<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-palette-color-8-color has-text-color\"><strong>Patent medicines can be used as time markers to assist in establishing the age of the outhouse. \u00a0The date of introduction and time span of a medicine is useful. \u00a0Also important is the passage of the \u201cPure Food and Drug Act\u201d in 1906. \u00a0The Act prohibited the use of the term \u201cCure\u201d on any medicine. \u00a0 Following the passage of the Act, medicines that once listed \u201cCure\u201d in their name either dropped the word or replaced it with \u201cRemedy\u201d.<br><br>This below lists those patent medicines that could be tied to particular time periods and indicates the best guess time span of privy use based on patent medicines. \u00a0You will notice that those medicines with \u201cCure\u201d in their name ceased production or changed their names shortly after passage of the 1906 Act. \u00a0It is important to note that no bottles were recovered with the word \u201cRemedy\u201d as part of the name. \u00a0This suggests that use of this privy stopped sometime before those manufacturers had<br>changed their names (i.e. not long after the passage of the 1906 Act).<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/Outhou15.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1099\" width=\"606\" height=\"364\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Medical Items Recovered An active infirmary would be expected to create illness related refuse that would in-turn find its way into the outhouse. &nbsp;The most obvious illness related materials recovered were medicine bottles. &nbsp;Prescription bottles outnumbered all other types of medical bottles. &nbsp;These were followed in numbers by patent medicine bottles and finally by general [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-950","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=950"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1105,"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/950\/revisions\/1105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wolfcreekarcheology.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}