| Baby Percy Medicine Co. 1904-1938 Percy Medicine Waco,Texas 1938- In 1898, young Albert Percy was traveling with his family from New York to his new home in Waco, Texas. Along the way, he developed an upset stomach. The family stopped in Kentucky where his father found a doctor who offered a liquid remedy. Soon, Baby Percy was feeling much better. After arriving in Waco, Albert's father asked a pharmacist to prepare the Kentucky recipe to help the baby with another bout of stomach upset. The results were so good that druggist W. S. Merrick asked Albert's father to join him in producing Baby Percy Medicine. The company was officially born on January 1, 1904. It continues making making the elixir to this day. Percy Medicine (re-named in 1938) is the only product produced at the factory at 8th and Webster in Waco. It is mixed and bottled by hand and contains a secret formula of bismuth Subsalicylate, alcohol, calcium hydroxide, potassium carbonate as well as rhubarb extract, sugar, cinnamon and orange flavoring. |
Spoon is graduated for full
teaspoon or 1/2 teaspoon
increments. Top of spoon is
stamped Next Dose with a clock
face and an indicator that can be
moved to the time of the next
treatment.
teaspoon or 1/2 teaspoon
increments. Top of spoon is
stamped Next Dose with a clock
face and an indicator that can be
moved to the time of the next
treatment.
Percy Medicine
Spoon 4 7/8"
C9461
Spoon 4 7/8"
C9461
Currant Percy Medicine box
Next Dose
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