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☠️ This is an original 1910s carbolic acid poison label from Graham & Wortham’s Drug Store in Corvallis, Oregon — a genuine survivor from a time when medicine, chemistry, and confidence lived side by side.

Printed in bold red with a skull-and-crossbones, the label reflects how dangerous substances were handled and understood in the early 20th century. Rather than modern warning language, it presents internal and external treatment instructions that were accepted medical practice at the time.

For internal poisoning, the label advises giving milk, raw egg whites, mucilage, gruel, or cornstarch paste, followed by a mustard emetic mixed in warm water, then calling a physician. For external exposure, it recommends flooding with water and bathing with dilute alcohol, whiskey, or a bland oil. These instructions were printed with confidence — not caution — reflecting the medical understanding of the era.

🧪 Measuring approximately 2½″ × 2½″, this example is offered in New Old Stock (NOS) condition with no wear. It has never been affixed to a bottle and remains exactly as it left the printer more than a century ago.

🏪 Graham & Wortham’s Drug Store was a central part of daily life in early‑1900s Corvallis. Like many neighborhood pharmacies of the period, it served as a place for remedies, advice, conversation, and community. Pharmacists mixed and bottled their own preparations on site, making labels like this essential tools of authority and instruction.

⚗️ Carbolic acid (phenol) was widely used as an antiseptic and disinfectant following Joseph Lister’s antiseptic revolution. It appeared in surgical settings, household disinfectants, and medical treatments that were considered modern and effective at the time.

📜 Today, original poison labels like this are collected not only for their bold graphics, but for what they reveal about how medicine once worked — earnest, procedural, and unflinching. This label captures that moment honestly, without modern reinterpretation.

A striking piece of pharmacy ephemera — unsettling, confident, and deeply rooted in its time.