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| Atwood's Eau Lustrale | ||
| Benjamin F. Atwood, of New York City, registered a Patent for his Hair Compound in 1868 (Patent #83,440). He claimed it would "promote the growth of hair where it had been lost from fever, as long as the hair follicles are not completely closed." The primary ingredients in his invention were quince-seed and smart-weed. He also included sage, sweet fern, and hemlock-bark, but he claimed that they were not required. To make his invention, Atwood combined one ounce of each of the vegetable ingredients, and boiled them together in one quart of rain water. He would then add six ounces of qlycerine, and two gills of alcohol. Atwood said that the quince-seed was required by the debilitated hair follicles, while the smart-weed stimulates the follicles, rousing them from the torpid state in which they were left by disease. He also mentioned the effects of the other ingredients, but he said that they only contributed slightly to the formula. Atwood's Eau Lustrale was listed as shown in the partial ad below in the 1875 John F. Henry Catalog. This was most likely the same product as the one registered by Benjamin Atwood.
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