Henry Kendall Mulford (October 10, 1866 – October 15, 1937) was a graduate of the
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy. Soon after purchasing the Old Simes retail pharmacy store, Mulford began producing and selling pharmaceutical preparations. In 1889, he received financial investment to expand operations from Milton Campbell. In 1891, Campbell became president of the company, with Mulford vice president. Milton patented a compressed tablet machine. By 1892 the company had two laboratories, a field office in Chicago, and produced 800 different products. In 1895, it became the first commercial producer of diphtheria antitoxin in the United States. By 1920, the company employed about one thousand employees and had 52 buildings on a 200-acre property in Glenolden and
Folcroft, Pennsylvania. The company property was surrounded by pastures for horses and cows which were needed to produce serum and antitoxins. The company also grew gardens of plants for research and products, including acres of the purple foxglove flower for the heart medicine
digitalis. In 1929, the company merged with
Sharp & Dohme Corp. At the time, H. K. Mulford company produced many human and veterinary medicines, including a smallpox vaccine, the rabies vaccine, and
antivenin. == See also ==