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Ethereal oil is a volatile liquid consisting of equal volumes of heavy oil of wine and ether. A example of a authentic bottle it came in is below. One ailment that baffled medical science in the 19th Century was deafness. Quack medicine preyed on the fact there was no cure and dealt products such as below that were not tested or proven. Many ailments took time to prove whether it worked or not however with deafness it was apparent quickly. The patient could either hear better or not. Many of these dealers depended upon one time, first time, hard of hearing customers knowing that they were more than likely not coming back.
Ethereal oil is a volatile liquid consisting of equal volumes of heavy oil of wine and ether. A example of a authentic bottle it came in is below. One ailment that baffled medical science in the 19th Century was deafness. Quack medicine preyed on the fact there was no cure and dealt products such as below that were not tested or proven. Many ailments took time to prove whether it worked or not however with deafness it was apparent quickly. The patient could either hear better or not. Many of these dealers depended upon one time, first time, hard of hearing customers knowing that they were more than likely not coming back.
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