Souvenir glass from German Baptist Brethren Conference in Bristol, Tennessee with measurements for Victor Liver Syrup, 1905 | Earl H. and Anita F. Hess Archives and Special Collections

The Victor Remedies Company based in Frederick, Maryland produced Victor Liver Syrup, a patent medicine. The company was owned by Dr. Peter Fahrney (1840-1905), an 1867 graduate of the Philadelphia University of Medicine and Surgery, and a prominent member of the German Baptist Brethren. He was the son of Jacob Fahrney (1798-1848) and grandson of Peter Fahrney (1767-1837), both of whom were known for practicing medicine in Pennsylvania and Maryland. See entries for all three men in the Brethren Encyclopedia.