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iPrologue....
When first circulating his discovery
for use, by his patients, by his
family and his immediate friends.
Dr. Siegert litde knew how wide
spread would become his fame. The
Bitters soon acquired such favour
among the public that he was en
couraged to devote himself almost
en|^ely to the preparation of his compound.
The fact that the initial demand was not created by any
form of advertisement, but grew up and spread spon
taneously from recommendation is a real proof of the
fundamental value of Dr. Siegert's discovery.
The Bitters were exported for the first time in 1830, when
a shipment was made to the British island of Trinidad,
and to England, and from that date organised manu?-
facture may be said to have begun.
Then it was that the"Aromatic"Bitters were renamed
Angostura" Bitters, after the town of Angostura—-
Dr. Siegert's headquarters at that time.
It should be mentioned here that the name of the town
Angostura was changed in 1846 by the Venezuelan Congress
to that of Ciudad Bolivar.
In 1875
Dr. J. G. B.
Siegert & Hijos, which Dr.Siegert
had founded, transferred their
operations to Trinidad on account
ofthe unsettled politics,punctuated
with revolutions, of Venezuela,
and established a factory on British
territory, having found—as the
memorial tablet on the wall of their
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