Bacterol Products Company was a

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business which was incorporated during the

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, in February 1930. The firm was located at

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. Its incorporation was made with 12,000 shares of common stock. The organization was headed by Dr. Kurt Erich Schlossingk (1888 – March 13, 1930), a

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born physician and chemist. Previously the export manager for the American Drug Syndicate, Schlossingk introduced ''twilight sleep'' to the

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in 1914. This was a method of maternity anesthesia induced by morphine and

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. Schlossingk died an untimely death following gallstone surgery at Lenox Hill Hospital. On February 7, 1930 the Bacterol Products Company announced a capital increase, from the initial 12,000 shares of no par stock, to 41,000. At the end of February 1930, the corporation leased property at 11 East 44th Street. This location was their corporate headquarters.''Securities Exchange'', ''The New York Times'', March 1, 1930, Pg. 38.

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