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Vintage Oil of Wormwood Fritzsche Brothers Bottle
For your consideration:
This is a very nice Vintage Oil of Wormwood Bottle put out by the Fritzsche Brothers of New York.
It is still about three/quarters full of oil and the original cork as eaten through.
The label is slightly torn in a few places but still in great shape and is entirely read-able.
There are no chips or cracks in the glass.
Front label:
Fritzsche Brothers; Oil of Wormwood; American; New York.
Back label:
Red label stamp that I cannot quite read.
Size of this bottle is just a wee 3 inches tall, a beautiful if not extremely rare bottle of Wormwood Oil.
Wormwood oil is a toxin, neurotoxin and an abortifacient.
Origin of Wormwood
It was once used as an aromatic-bitter for anorexia, as a digestive tonic, to promote menstruation and to
reduce fever and expel worms.
Wormwood was also used in the liqueur absinthe. Prolonged consumption of this drink became known
as 'absinthism'. The symptoms of absinthism included auditory and visual hallucinations,
hyper excitability, intellectual enfeeblement, addiction and in extreme cases brain damage.
It is widely believed that it was absinthe that drove the painter Vincent van Gogh to suicide.
In 1915 the French banned the production of a drink called absinthe because of its narcotic and
habit-forming properties.
Wormwood oil should not be used in aromatherapy since it contains an extremely high amount of thujone
which is a convulsant and neurotoxin.
All bottles are sold only for collector purposes
and contents must not be used in any way. This item is being sold as a collectible only and
not for use of the contents. This is deadly poison and should NOT be consumed.
Order by ITEM# Vintage-538
PRICE: $54.95
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