The Perry Davis story is remarkable to say the least. Perry was crippled at an early age, and he was a shoemaker's apprentice but seemed to travel working here and there. He tried his hand at inventing agricultural machinery, but this failed. At the age of 47, Davis became ill and thought he wouldn't make it. He apparently concocted his own pain relief medicine, which provided him with a near miraculous cure. Perry Davis went on to patant and manufacture his Vegetable Pain Killer, one of the first remedies to tackle pain relief specifically. His medicine was a worldwide success, due in part to missionaries who took it with them by the case to the Far East for their mission stations to tackle a cholera outbreak. The US Civil War also helped with sales of his medicine. Perry Davis passed away in 1862, a successful and famous man. This bottle stands at 6 3/8" tall.
