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John Odell

Articles by John Odell

John Odell is a nationally known expert on antique glass. He runs Digger Odell Publications, the place on the Web for information about old bottles. Author of 15 books and numerous articles on topics related to antique bottles, Odell retired after 35 years in education, in which he served as adjunct professor at both Xavier University and Kent State University.

Isaac E. Emerson, the man who patented the formula for Bromo-Seltzer, was as well-known in the late-19th century as Bill Gates is today. Bromo-Seltzer was billed as a cure for exhaustion, headache, insomnia, brain fatigue, loss of appetite and other common complaints. Sold in distinctive little blue bottles, it became...
This Headache Is Killing Me: The Bromo-Seltzer Poisonings of 1898
November 2009 (Volume 4, Issue 4)

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