William Wright

Entity Type:
Individual
Identifier:
ENT.000003146
Date Range:
active ca. 1840-1910
Biography:
Propritor of Dr. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills, a concoction said to be an expectorant, diuretic, and cathartic. Was also vice-president of the North American College of Health at 5th and Race Streets, which he founded mainly to add medical credibility to his patent medicine.