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Category: Cures
Estimated Date: 1880
Name: Quassia Cup
Manufacturer: Dr. G.G. Adams

Description: 5 “x 2.5” wooden cup shaped like a goblet. Label on front says For Fever and Ague, Dyspepsia, Piles, Indigestion, Headaches and Debility Quassia Mara, Discovered in 1756 by a Negro slave named Quassia, Dr. G.G. Adams. Label on bottom of cup says for dyspepsia and indigestion, use before meals for piles, use a inch of Lac Sulpur in water 2 or 3 times a day for worms let the water stand in cup. See another example.

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