Object Details
maker
Allan-Pfeiffer Chemical Company
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Scrofula; Scrofulous humors; Scald head; Syphilitic Affections;Cancerous Humors; Ring Worm; Salt Rheum; Boils; Pimples and Humors of the Face; Catarrh; Headache; Dizziness; Faintness at the Stomach; Constipation; Pains in the back; Female Weakness; General Debility; Costiveness; Biliousness; all diseases arising from an impure state or low condition of the blood.
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
1890-1906
ID Number
1978.0235.052
accession number
1978.0255
catalog number
1978.0255.052
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
Physical Description
sarsaparilla (overall material)
yellow dock (overall material)
potassium iodide (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 24.5 cm x 9.8 cm x 4.5 cm; 9 21/32 in x 3 27/32 in x 1 25/32 in
place made
United States: Missouri, St. Louis
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Laxatives
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_714594