1 oz.  Dry White Lead 1 oz.  Oxide of Zinc 1/2 oz.  Precipitated Chalk 3 oz.  Glycerine Add 1 lb.  Glue.

[Illustration:  FIGURE 22.—­A partial list of remedies offered for sale by Lucius Comstock in 1854, shortly after the separation of the old company into the rival firms of Comstock & Co. and Comstock & Brother.]

Originally, Comstock and its predecessor firms marketed a large number of remedies.  In 1854, Comstock & Company—­then controlled by Lucius Comstock—­listed nearly forty of its own preparations for sale, namely: 

Oldridge’s Balm of Columbia
George’s Honduras Sarsaparilla
East India Hair Dye, colors the hair and not the skin
Acoustic Oil, for deafness
Vermifuge
Bartholomew’s Expectorant Syrup
Carlton’s Specific Cure for Ringbone, Spavin and Wind-galls
Dr. Sphon’s Head Ache Remedy
Dr. Connol’s Gonorrhea Mixture
Mother’s Relief
Nipple Salve
Roach and Bed Bug Bane
Spread Plasters
Judson’s Cherry and Lungwort
Azor’s Turkish Balm, for the Toilet and Hair
Carlton’s Condition Powder, for Horses and Cattle
Connel’s Pain Extractor
Western Indian Panaceas
Hunter’s Pulmonary Balsam
Linn’s Pills and Bitters
Oil of Tannin, for Leather
Nerve & Bone Liniment (Hewe’s)
Nerve & Bone Liniment (Comstock’s)
Indian Vegetable Elixir
Hay’s Liniment for Piles
Tooth Ache Drops
Kline Tooth Drops
Carlton’s Nerve and Bone Liniment, for Horses
Condition Powders, for Horses
Pain Killer
Lin’s Spread Plasters
Carlton’s Liniment for the Piles, warranted to cure
Dr. Mc Nair’s Acoustic Oil, for Deafness
Dr. Larzetti’s Acoustic Oil, for Deafness
Salt Rheum Cure
Azor’s Turkish Wine
Dr. Larzetti’s Juno Cordial, or Procreative Elixir
British Heave Powders

All of the foregoing were medicines for which Lucius claimed to be the sole proprietor—­although it is improbable that he manufactured all of them:  several of them were probably identical preparations under different labels.  In addition to these, he offered a larger list of medicines as a dealer.  Brother J. Carlton Comstock must have been the main originator of medicines within the firm; he seems to have specialized largely in veterinary remedies, although the liniment for the piles also stood to his credit.  Despite Lucius’ claim to sole proprietorship of these remedies, the departing brothers also manufactured and sold most of the identical items, adding two or three additional preparations, such as Dr. Chilton’s Fever and Ague Pills and Youatt’s Gargling Oil (for animals).  Aside from J. Carlton Comstock and Judson, the originators of most of the other preparations are cloaked in mystery; most of them were probably entirely fictitious.  Admittedly, William Youatt (1776-1847), for whom several of the animal remedies were named, was an actual British veterinarian and his prescriptions were probably genuine, but whether