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General Debility, Sluggish Circulation of the Blood, Inadequate Assimilation of

Food, and Exhausted Vital Energy.

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This copy appeared in an 1867 advertisement in San Antonio, Texas:

Recommended by the Medical Faculty in cases of Gravel, Rheumatism,

Fever and Ague, Dropsy, Gout, Dyspepsia, and General Debility, and all

persons who are unaccustomed to the change of water. This Gin, has now

been before the American public for eighteen years, and has the

endorsement of the Medical Facility of the United States as the purest

liquor now sold … Udolpho Wolfe, Sole Importer and Manufacturer,

Office 22 Beaver St.

In an 1877 advertisement, Wolfe wrote:

Nature is not uniformly generous. To many she denies that vigour of

constitution with which she blesses others. While it may not be possible to

convert a weakly person into a Hercules, judicious tonic medication may,

and assuredly does, infuse no small amount of vigour into systems

naturally destitute of it, and protects them against diseases to which they

would otherwise fall a prey. The most suitable invigorant and protective

is Udolpho Wolfe

‟

s Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps.

And how could one not use the product after learning:

A tremendous convulsion takes place in the human interior during a

“

bilious

”

attack. The muscles of the stomach are spasmodically contracted,

the gall bladder is violently squeezed and empties bile into the stomach,

which is again convulsed and casts out its contents into the mouth. The

cause of this internal commotion is purely gastric, although the blame is

often laid upon the liver. Invigorate the stomach with Udolpho Wolfe

‟

s

Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps if you would avoid

“

bilious

”

attacks.

With all that ails us cured by this spirit, who

wouldn

‟

t want to grab one of the corkscrew knives

and uncork a bottle of Wolfe

‟

s Schnapps?

At the 1893 World

‟

s Columbian Exposition in

Chicago, Udolpho claimed

“

The sales of Wolfe

‟

s

Schiedam Aromatic Schnapps have exceeded

45,000,000 bottles which speak louder than words

for the popularity of this article.

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