Frank G. Austin (1852-1915), son of J.P. Austin and Harriet Fitch Austin, lived in Kalamazoo his entire life. He attended Kalamazoo Public Schools and later studied with Dr. W. T. Metcalf to become a dentist. In the 1880 census, he is a dentist living with his sister and brother-in-law, John A. Gates (1836-1905) and Ellen Austin Gates (1842-1902) along with his mother Harriet. In 1886, he married Ella Post (1866-1951) and they had one daughter Ellen Austin (1887-1971). According to the business card, 1879 is the year Dr. Austin began to produce and sell Strumatica from his home. There are no advertisements in the Kalamazoo Gazette, but a few in the Chicago Tribune starting in 1879. Strumatica claimed to treat salt rheum, eczema, catarrh, rheumatism, asthma, along with any hereditary or contagious blood poison and enlarged lymph glands. Notices in the Tribune state that the product would not be available in stores but only through correspondence. The proprietor is Mr. J.A. Gates, P.O. Box 286, Kalamazoo, Michigan. A bottle of Strumatica cost $3.00 each. An article in the Chicago Tribune from October 14, 1882 announced that beginning in May of 1883, the headquarters would come to Chicago.