Bottle

Glass bottle with a label and a glass stopper.
Label says "Gregory's Stomachic Aperient Powder; Prepared from the Original Recipe of the late Dr. Gregory of Edinburgh." Gregory's powder, or Gregory's Stomachic Aperient Powder. In the Dublin Literary Gazette of 1830, p. 412, there is an advertisement for “DR. GREGORY'S STOMACHIC POWDER of Rhubarb, Ginger, and Calcined Magnesia, for Indigestion, Flatulence, Acidity, &e.” It is in a list advertising ‘Improved family medicines’ sold by John and Charles Butler (Chemists to His Majesty and the Lord Lieutenant), Medical Hall, 54 Lower Sackville Street, Dublin. Also, Savory 1836, p.75 mentions: “The Powder known by the name of ‘Dr. Gregory’s Powder’ is composed of Turkey rhubarb, calcinated magnesia, and aromatics; and is found useful to persons of gouty and dyspeptic habits.”
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