Summary
BLOOMINGTON - One hundred years ago, poor souls suffering from diarrhea or other "bowel complaints" would've sought relief by grabbing a 35-cent bottle of Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam.
Concocted and bottled at Dr. Cyrenius Wakefield's bustling Bloomington factory, Wakefield's Blackberry Balsam was one of the most popular "patent medicines" of its day.See the full content of this document
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Wakefield's Guaranteed to Cure All
During the 19th and early 20th centuries, America was awash with these patent medicines, a term for suspect remedies that promised to cure seemingly every affliction known to humankin...
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