Dr. Guertin's Nerve Syrup

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Object Details

maker

Kalmus Chemical Company

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:

A valuable remedy for epilepsy, St. Vitus dance, convulsions, hysteria, nervous prostration, insomnia, neurasthenia and disorders of the nervous system

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. James Harvey Young

Date made

1908-1918

ID Number

1989.0711.19

accession number

1989.0711

catalog number

1989.0711.19

Object Name

otc preparation

Measurements

box: 8 5/8 in x 3 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 8.5725 cm x 4.7625 cm

bottle: 8 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 20.955 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.1275 cm

Place Made

United States: Ohio, Cincinnati

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Nerve & Brain Drugs

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5e88-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_748642