Upjohn Fun Fact #23 

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 A tonic is usually something to perk you up but it's hard to see how this Hematic Tonic would do that. It contains strychnine, arsenic and mercury. That's one deadly poison and two toxic metals. The dose is 1 to 2 pills after each meal. It was sold by Upjohn from 1920 to 1929. Back then the FDA was brand new and it took decades for it to stop the sale of all medications like this that did more harm than good. 


      

   Fun Fact #1 - The Cure  

   Fun Fact #2 - Food Services Coat of Arms  

   Fun Fact #3 - Chocolate Covered Tablets  

   Fun Fact #4 - The First Employee Newsletter  

   Fun Fact #5 - Early Postcard of the Portage Site  

    Fun Fact #6 - Interesting Building Purchases  

   Fun Fact #7 - Upjohn's Worst Product?  

   Fun Fact #8 - License Plates  

   Fun Fact #9 - Upjohn Products in 2019  

   Fun Fact #10 - A Stirring Mystery  

   Fun Fact #11 - Upjohn Hockey Pucks  

   Fun Fact #12 - Oldest Upjohn Product still made by Pfizer  

    Fun Fact #13 - Controversial Upjohn Art  

    Fun Fact #14  - Vitamin Dispenser  

    Fun Fact #15  - Dinner Pills  

    Fun Fact #16  - The Year 1959  

    Fun Fact #17  - Eilaine Roth and the Kalamazoo Lassies  

    Fun Fact #18  - 1940's Model of Building 41 Manufacturing Processes  

   Fun Fact #19  - Bringing Back Samples from Vacation  

   Fun Fact #20  - The Last Snow Day  

   Fun Fact #21  - Hiring Preferences  

   Fun Fact #22  - Paper Regulatory Submissions  


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