User:Auric/Fruitatives

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Fruitatives
Combination of
Docusatelaxative
Bisacodyllaxative
Prunelaxative
Clinical data
Trade namesFruitatives
Routes of
administration
oral, injection
Legal status
Legal status


Fruitatives (Fruit Liver Pills) were formulated as a patent medicine by Amos Rogers of Ottawa, Ontario, in 1903.[1][2] The active ingredients is docusate. It also contains bisacodyl and prune. Currently it is manufactured and sold by Rogers Pharmaceuticals.

The tablets were manufactured in Ogdensburg, N.Y.[3]

The tablets were mentioned in the work of Lucy Maud Montgomery, Rilla of Ingleside.[4]

Claims[edit]

Ads claimed that the tablets were "a combination of extracts of apples, oranges, prunes, figs and medicines"[5]


References[edit]

  1. ^ United States Trademark Association (1913). Bulletin of the United States Trade-Mark Association. United States Trade Mark Association. p. 253.
  2. ^ "Canadian trade-mark data". Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  3. ^ https://nyshistoricnewspapers.org/lccn/sn83031423/1923-05-10/ed-1/seq-23.pdf
  4. ^ L. M. Montgomery (17 November 2013). Delphi Complete Anne of Green Gables Books - Works of L. M. Montgomery (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. p. 1665. ISBN 978-1-909496-12-5. I remember little Tod MacAllister over-harbour killed himself that very way, eating up a whole box of fruitatives because he thought they were candy.
  5. ^ "New! What's New in Laxatives?". The Ottawa Journal. 29 Apr 1967. p. 90. Retrieved 3 January 2017 – via Newspapers.com.

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