THE ALKALOL COMPANY WAS FOUNDED IN 1896 BY PHARMACIST JAMES P. WHITTERS, WHO DEVELOPED THE ORIGINAL FORMULA IN A SMALL LABORATORY ABOVE THE A.J. BARKER PHARMACY IN TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETTS. AT THE TIME, NOSE AND THROAT SPECIALISTS WORRIED THAT EXISTING PRODUCTS USED TO TREAT THE NASAL PASSAGES CONTAINED TOO MUCH ALCOHOL AND GLYCERIN, AND THAT THESE INGREDIENTS DAMAGED THE DELICATE MUCOUS MEMBRANES IN THE NOSE AND SINUS. THE ALKALOL COMPANY WAS INCORPORATED IN MASSACHUSETTS IN 1907 AND BY THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY ALKALOL WAS SOLD THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD.
