By that time, Kilmer was dead, and Teddy Roosevelt’s Pure Food and Drug Act had exposed as worthless Kilmer’s Swamp Root and numerous other patent remedies, including the widely promoted Hadacol.

Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root - 1905 Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root was a world famous all-natural kidney remedy. Swamp Root was, the ad claimed, "the most perfect healer and gentle aid to the kidneys that is ...

Along with his uncle, Dr. Andral Kilmer, and his father Jonas, he put bottles of "Swamp Root Remedy" in cupboards across America and as far away as Brazil. Said to cure the liver, ...

He and his brother, Jonas, had moved into the area in the 1870s to start the Dr. Kilmer and Co. patent medicine firm. The manufacture of Swamp Root and other concoctions had made large amounts of ...

In the heady world of horse-racing, Kilmer was king for a few years before World War I. In the medical world he was the distributor of a worthless patent medicine called Swamp Root, which made him ...

The Kilmer Mansion was built in 1898. It became known for the world-famous Swamp Root, founding the Binghamton Press and owning the 1918 Kentucky Derby-winning racehorse “Exterminator.” ...