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2 unusual facts about William Henry Comstock


Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills

Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills have their genesis with the father of William Henry Comstock (1830–1919) — Edwin Perkins Comstock (1799–1837) — who founded a drug company in New York City sometime before 1833.

William Henry Comstock

He started his business in 1854, William H. Comstock Company, Ltd., which sold patent medicine including Dr. Morse's Indian Root Pills, Dead Shot Pellets and McKenzus Dead Shot Worm Candy.



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