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1894 – Vicks VapoRub Introduced

Vicks VapoRub

Lunsford Richardson invents Vicks VapoRub as a remedy for his son’s severe croup. It was originally called “Richardson’s Magic Croup and Pneumonia Cure Salve.”

*BONUS FACT: William Sydney Porter (O. Henry) worked at Lunsford’s pharmacy as a teenager.

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