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In 1898, young Albert Percy was traveling with his family from New York
to his new home in Waco, Texas. Along the way, he developed an upset stomach.
The family stopped in Kentucky where his father found a doctor who offered
a liquid remedy. Soon, Baby Percy was feeling much better.
After arriving in Waco, Albert's father asked a pharmacist to prepare
the Kentucky recipe to help the baby with another bout of stomach upset.
The results were so good that druggist W. S. Merrick asked Albert's father
to join him in producing Baby Percy Medicine. The company was officially
born on January 1, 1904. It continues making making the elixir to this
day.
Percy Medicine (re-named in 1938) is the only product produced at the
factory at 8th and Webster in Waco. It is mixed and bottled by hand and
contains a secret formula of bismuth Subsalicylate, alcohol, calcium
hydroxide,
potassium carbonate as well as rhubarb extract, sugar, cinnamon and orange
flavoring.
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