The Secret Origins Of Vicks: How An Ointment For A Sick Child Became A Global Household Name
New Delhi: Vicks VapoRub owes its place in homes around the world to a father’s love, early innovation and a deadly pandemic. In 1894, Lunsford Richardson, a pharmacist in North Carolina, faced a personal crisis. His nine-year-old son suffered from croup, a severe respiratory infection. He experimented with aromatic oils and chemicals at his pharmacy…