Does anyone recognize the name Lunsford Richardson? I doubt most people have ever heard of him but most everyone is familiar with his product,Vicks VapoRub. Originally Vicks was called Richardson's Croup and Pneumonia Cure Salve but it was too long to fit on the little blue jar,so he named it for his brother-in-law,Dr. Joshua Vick. Richardson worked for Dr. Vick as a self taught pharmacist with a love for chemistry and three years of Latin in college. Richardson introduced Vick's Magic Croup Salve in 1894 having concocted it for his croupy baby,and the rest as they say,is history.
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