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Record #:
3096
Author(s):
Arthur, Billy
Abstract:
In 1905, Lunsford Richardson, a Greensboro druggist, went into business to sell his own medicines. The company became a huge success, and one of the products, Vicks VapoRub, is still famous worldwide after 92 years.
Source:
Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 64 Issue 8, Jan 1997, p12-14, il, por Periodical Website
Subject(s):
Pharmaceutical industry--Greensboro; Pharmacists--Greensboro; Richardson, Lunsford, 1854-1919
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Record #:
8284
Author(s):
Hinds-Brown, Lindsey
Abstract:
Lunsford Richardson II, a native of Johnston County, invented Vicks Vapo-Rub. He taught school before becoming a pharmacist. His first drugstore was in Selma, which he sold before moving to Greensboro, where he opened another one. There he developed a number of home remedies under the name of Vicks. His most famous product was Vicks VapoRub, a balm which contained menthol, a little-known drug from Japan. Ninety years after his death, Vicks VapoRub is known around the world and continues to relieve the discomfort of sick people.
Source:
Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 46 Issue 1, Fall 2006, p6-8, il, por
Subject(s):
Pharmacists--Greensboro; Richardson, Lunsford, 1854-1919
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