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— Photo by Jane McLean

Knox was the Pillbox Capital of the World. John Elberfeld attaches a pillbox replica to the display he put together in the Altamont Free Library to show Knox's contribution to the health care industry of the 1800s. Dr. W. W. Hall believed patent medicines were just a way to ingest opium and alcohol in a socially acceptable manner. Knox, on the other hand, produced millions of small, wooden pillboxes to contain these questionable medications.