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That Time Perry Davis Trademarked ‘Pain Killer’ and Then Took It Global
Manage episode 416946647 series 3371629
By the time he was in his 40s, Perry Davis was an entrepreneur who had tried, unsuccessfully, to start multiple businesses; and those failures had left him $4,500 in debt – roughly more than $160,000 today. In 1839, his bad luck continued when he then became ill with debilitating pain. Seeking even just any little bit of relief, he mixed up a concoction, containing mostly opiates and alcohol – a mix that would later become known around the world as, “Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer.” And Davis would become known as the guy who trademarked the word, ‘painkiller’.
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Chapters
1. That Time Perry Davis Trademarked ‘Pain Killer’ and Then Took It Global (00:00:00)
2. AD 1 (00:13:54)
3. AD 2 (00:22:20)
232 episodes
Manage episode 416946647 series 3371629
By the time he was in his 40s, Perry Davis was an entrepreneur who had tried, unsuccessfully, to start multiple businesses; and those failures had left him $4,500 in debt – roughly more than $160,000 today. In 1839, his bad luck continued when he then became ill with debilitating pain. Seeking even just any little bit of relief, he mixed up a concoction, containing mostly opiates and alcohol – a mix that would later become known around the world as, “Perry Davis’ Vegetable Pain Killer.” And Davis would become known as the guy who trademarked the word, ‘painkiller’.
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Chapters
1. That Time Perry Davis Trademarked ‘Pain Killer’ and Then Took It Global (00:00:00)
2. AD 1 (00:13:54)
3. AD 2 (00:22:20)
232 episodes
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