Several sources were used to compile this “preliminary” list of early Vermont Medicines.
Sources have included reference materials, bottle collectors, bottle shows and years of searching for Vermont medicines in Vermont and on the World Wide Web, including eBay.

One excellent medicine bottle reference database is compiled by William Hunt and can be found at “Bill Hunt’s Medicine Bottle Glass Index. Hunt’s reference database was created to aid in the identification of embossed medicine bottles, and for researching complete labels and/or label fragments. It is suitable for use by bottle collectors as well as historical archeologists. It includes about 6,080 entries. Using the finding aid (available in a Microsoft Word document) I extracted all the Vermont medicines that included the word, “VT or Vermont” from the 6,080 entries. Hunt’s 6,080 reference database was compiled using information from 38 archeological reports and popular bottle publications.

Don Fritschel provides a very nice review of Early Vermont Medicines in his article, “Patent Medicines from the Green Mountain State.” (pdf document). Fristchel’s “Patent Medicines of the Green Mountain State," provides a partial list of Early Vermont Medicines for the following categories: Colored Pontiled Medicines, Aqua Pontiled Medicines and Aqua Smooth Based Medicines. Fristchel also listed other Vermont Patent Medicines that were observed in early VT Gazeteers.

Early Vermont Medicines – “Prelimary Check List” April 2007

A.F. SHERMAN-ESSENCE HEMLOCK– LUDLOW, VT (Label only) pontil
A.O. HOOD – EXCELSIOR / LINIMENT – WINOOSKI, VT. (smooth & pontil)
ARNICA & OIL – LINIMENT
BANCROFT'S BITTERS//D. W. BANCROFT//MARSHFIELD, VT. Watson 1968:27
BANCROFT'S/BITTERS//MARSHFIELD VT//D.W.BANCROFT Ring 1980:70
BANCROFT’S / INSTANT RELIEF – MARSHFIELD, VT.
BROWN’S BRONCHIAL ELIXIR (Label) N.K. BROWN & CO // BURLINGTON, VERMONT (embossed)
C.C. DOTY & CO.
C.F. SMITH & CO / WEST TOPSHAM, VT w/Label - GREEN MOUNTAIN SARSAPARILLA
CELERY / COMPOUND (Embossed celery stalk)
C.P. NEWTON’S – OPODELDOC (pontil)
C. H. EDDY & CO./JAMAICA/GINGER/BRATTLEBORO, VT. Fike 1987:58, 128
CARVERS TONIC/BITTERS//H. F.SMITH M.D./CASTLETON VT. Ring 1980:123
CRYSTALINA/THE MAGIC SKIN CURE/A. S. HULL, HINESBURGH, VT. Fike 1987:96
DR. BOYCE’S SARSAPARILLA
DR. BOYCE'S//TONIC//BITTERS Ring 1980:95
DR. BOYCE'S//TONIC//BITTERS//HENRY, LORD Ring 1980:96
DR BOYCE'S//TONIC BITTERS//FENN & TUTTLE//PROPRIETOR//RUTLAND VT Ring 1980:96
DR. BOYCE'S//TONIC BITTERS//FRANCIS FERN//PROPRIETOR//RUTLAND,VT Ring 1980:96
DR. BOYCE'S//TONIC BITTERS//HENRY & CO//PROPRIETORS Ring 1980:96
DR. BOYCE'S//TONIC BITTERS//HENRY & CO//PROPRIETORS//WATERBURY VT Ring 1980:96
DR. BOYCE'S//TONIC BITTERS//HENRY JOHNSON & LORD//BURLINGTON, VT. Ring 1980:96
DR. E. ROWELL’S INVIGORATING TONIC – ENOSBURGH FALLS , VT (Label only)
DR H. A. INGHAM'S//NERVINE PAIN EXTR. Baldwin 1973:265; Fike 1987:190
DR H. A. INGHAM'S//NERVINE PAIN EXTR. Fike 1987:119
DR H. A. INGHAM'S//NERVINE PAINCURAL Fike 1987:190
DR. B. J. KENDALL'S/BLACKBERRY BALSAM Fike 1987:25
DR. B. J. KENDALLS/QUICK RELIEF Fike 1987:169
DR. BAXTER'S//MANDRAKE BITTERS//LORD BROS//PROPRIETORS//BURLINGTON,VT. Fike 1987:31; Ring 1980:73
DR. BAXTER'S//MANDRAKE BITTERS//LORD BROS//PROPRIETORS//BURLINGTON VT Watson 1965:61
DR. F. S. HUTCHINSON CO//ANTI-APOPLECTINE//THE ONLY/APOPLEXY PREVENTIVE/AND/PARALYSIS CURE [Base:] ENOSBURGH FALLS/VT. Fike 1987:65, 94
DR. GOULDS BOTANIC BITTERS – W.RANDOLPH, VT (Label only)
DR. GOULDS GOOD SAMARITAN REMEDY – W. RANDOLPH, VT (Label only)
DR. G.S. GREEN’S / BLOOD PURIFIER / AND NERVE TONIC / ENOSBURGH FALLS
DR.B.J. KENDALLS/QUICK RELIEF Baldwin 1973:282 3
DR. WOOD’S / AROMATIC SPIRIT – BELLOWS FALLS, V.T (Iron pontil) (Seen unembossed, with paper label: “Wilcox’s Pulmonary or Cough Balsam, H. Koon & Son, North Bennington, Vt.”)
DUTCHERS – DEAD SHOT FOR BED BUGS – ST. ALBANS VT (smooth base & pontil)
DUTCHERS – DEAD SHOT FOR BED BUGS – ST. ALBANS VT – CYLINDER- Label Only (pontil)
DUTCHERS DRUGGIST / ST. ALBANS, VT
E. A. SMITH MD/BRANDON VT. Ring 1980:238
GILBERT'S/SARSAPARILLA//BITTERS//N. A. GILBERT & CO.//ENOSBURGH FALLS, VT. Ring 1980:209
GREEN MOUNTAIN [motif: monogram HJ&L] CIDER BITTERS Ring 1980:219
HAMILTON’S – OLD ENGLISH – BLACK OIL
HENRY’S /ARNICA /TINCTURE
HENRY’S /ELECTRIC / OINTMENT
HENRY’S / HIVE SYRUP
HIGGINS T&C COMPOUND, RUTLAND, VT.
HOODS VEGETABLE BLOOD PURIFIER – WINOOSKI, VT
HOYT’S CHERRY COMPOUND/ CHERRY BALSAM /C.D. WHILCOMB PROPR/ LYNDON, VT
I NEWTON'S//NORWICH, VT//JAUNDICE/BITTERS Watson 1965:167
I. NEWTON’S – PANACEA – PURIFIER – OF THE – BLOOD – NORWICH, VT (Also a variant with misspelled NERWICH)
IRON & QUININE/BITTERS//BURLINGTON, VT.//N. K. BROWN Ring 1980:264
JARVIS BLOOD RENOVATOR – BURLINGTON, VT
JOHNSON'S/CALISAYA/BITTERS//BURLINGTON/VT. Ring 1980:272
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE [Base:] ENOSBURGH FALLS, VT. (Also, reversed “N”s variant of above) Fike 1987:101
KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE//FOR HUMAN FLESH [Base:] KENDALL'S SPAVIN TREATMENT ENOSBURGH FALLS, VT. Fike 1987:101
KENDALL'S SPAVIN TREATMENT/FOR HUMAN FLESH [Base:] ENOSBURG FALLS VT. Fike 1987:169
M.K. PAINES DRUGGIST & APOTHECARY / WINDSOR VT (Milk Glass)
M. T. MEAD & CO./APOTHECARIES/FAIRHAVEN VERMONT//MEAD'S//SARSAPARILLA Fike 1987:70, 218
MYSTERIOUS PAIN CURE / A SCOTCH REMEDY / JUNIUS BARNES CO
MYSTERIOUS PAIN CURE / A SCOTCH REMEDY
NEWTON'S//JAUNDICE/BITTERS//NORWICH VT. Ring 1980:343
N K BROWN'S/AROMATIC ESSENCE/JAMAICA GINGER/BURLINGTON, V.T. Fike 1987:116, 128
N. K. BROWN'S/AROMATIC ESSENCE/JAMAICA GINGER/MILWAUKEE, WIS. Fike 1987:116, 128
PAINES – CELERY / COMPOUND (Amber & Aqua)
PROF. MOTT’S – MAGIC / HAIR INVIGORATOR – PRICE 25 CENTS - A.J. GREEN HIGHGATE, VT (pontil)
PROF. MOTT’S – MAGIC / HAIR INVIGORATOR – PRICE FIFTY CENTS -A.J. GREEN HIGHGATE VT (pontil)
PROF. LAMOREAUX’S SPECIFIC MIXTURE – PREPARED BY M.K. PAINE – WINDSOR, VT (Label only)
REV.N.H.DOWNS//VEGETABLE//BALSAMIC//ELIXIR (2 sizes) Ring 1980:97
SANDERSON’S / BLOOD RENOVATOR / MILTON, VT. (pontil)
SCOTCH – OIL
S. SMITH/GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR/EAST GEORGIA, VT. Fike 1987:181
S. SMITH'S/GREEN MOUNTAIN RENOVATOR Fike 1987:181
SIR ROBERT/EDGAR'S/ENGLISH/LIFE [motif: picture frame] BITTERS//G. E. GRAVES/PROPRIETOR/RUTLAND/VT/USA. Ring 1980:178
SMITH’S – ANODYNE / COUGH DROPS – MONTPELIER. (pontil)
SMITH'S//GREEN MOUNTAIN//RENOVATOR//EAST GEORGIA, VT. Baldwin 1973:456 457; Fike 1987:181
SMITH'S/GREEN MOUNTAIN/RENOVATOR Fike 1987:181
SMITH'S/GREEN MOUNTAIN/RENOVATOR//EAST GEORGIA VT. Fike 1987:181
SMITH'S/GREEN MOUNTAIN/RENOVATOR//REMEDY COMPANY//ST. ALBANS, VT. Baldwin 1973:456 457; Fike 1987:77,211
SMITH’S RHEUMATIC CURE
STILLINGIA / COMPOUND //J.F. HENRY & CO // WATERBURY, VERMONT
THORN’S VEGETABLE COUGH CURE / BRATTLEBORO, VT
THORN'S/HOP & BURDOCK/TONIC/BRATTLEBORO, VT. (2 sizes) Fike 1987:237; B&B Wilson 1971:90
T.H. TAYLOR-/ BRATTLEBORO / VT (pontil)
VERMONT BITTERS Ring 1980:470
VERMONT/LINIMENT//J. M. HENRY & SONS//WATERBURY, VT Fike 1987:138
VERMONT / LINIMENT – JOHN F. HENRY & CO – WATERBURY, VT (pontil & smooth base)
WEEK’S – MAGIC – COMPOUND – ST JOHNSBURY, VT (pontil & smooth base)
WEEK’S – MAGIC – COMPOUND – JOSYLYN & SONS (smooth base)
WM A BACON/LUDLOW. VT ( pontil – 2 sizes) B&B Wilson 1971:20
YUCCA - THE GREAT MEXICAN PREPARATION FOR THE HAIR – BURLINGTON, VT (Label Only)