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    What is Dr. August Koenigs, Hamburger Tropfen?

    Found this information on a small glass vial.

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    Here's some information on the bottle:


    http://www.antique-bottles.net/forum/m-49004/mpage-1/key-/tm.htm#49006

    "Hamburger Tropfen" translates to Hamburg (Germany) drops.  The good Doctor migrated to the United States in the mid 1800 and began making patent medicines in Baltimore.  These "drops" were a stomach remedy.  They survived the market until the 1930s.  The bottles are highly collectable.



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