Bernard Fantus was born to David and Ida (Gentilli) Fantus in
Budapest,
Hungary. As a child, Fantus was educated at Real-Gymnasium in
Vienna, Austria. From a young age, his parents supported his ambition to be a physician. In 1889, at the age of fifteen, he and his parents immigrated to the
United States. In
Detroit, Michigan, Fantus was an apprentice for Mr. Leushner at Paul Leuchner's Drug store, who began training him in pharmacy. By 1902 the family relocated to
Chicago, Illinois. • Daughter Ruth Fantus aka Valeri Gendron (December 14, 1913 – March 21, 1989): Adopted After suffering a heart attack the year prior, Fantus died on April 14, 1940, at the age of sixty-five. Fantus was buried at
Forest Home Cemetery (Chicago).
Career Source:
Contents • Historical Introduction • Tabellae Dulces • The Uses of Sweet Tablets • The Making of Sweet Tablets • The Tablet Machine • The Construction off Formulae for Sweet Tablets • Choice of Flavor • Subduing of Tastes • Choice of Color • Formulae for the Preparation of Sweet Tablets • Formulae for Stock Preparations In the book, Fantus includes sweet tablet formulas for the following: •
Acetophenetidin •
Acetaminosalol •
Cocaine •
Heroin •
Aspirin •
Aconitine •
Anaesthesin •
Antimony potassium tartrate •
Antipyrine •
Apomorphine •
Arsenic trioxide •
Atropine •
Bismuth subcarbonate •
Bismuth subnitrate •
Caffeine •
Charcoal •
Cerium oxalate •
Chalk •
Emetine •
Lactic acid fermentation •
Ferrous carbonate •
Arsenic •
Iron •
Quinine •
Strychnine •
Nitroglycerin (drug) •
Urotropin •
Mercury chloride •
Mercury(II) iodide •
Hyoscine In 1918, three years after the publication of
Candy Medication, Fantus published an article in the Journal of the American Pharmaceutical Association entitled "Tolu and sugar coating in the disguising of medicines," in which he amended some of his formulas from the book. Source: == Memberships ==