Beggs' Soothing Syrup

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Object Details

maker

Beggs Manufacturing Company

Description

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

Cures wind colic, cramps, dysentery, canker sore mouth, and banishes pain

Location

Currently not on view

Date made

before 1906

ID Number

MG.M-10426.73

catalog number

M-10426

accession number

246707

Object Name

otc preparation

Other Terms

otc preparation; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid

Physical Description

glass (overall packaging material)

liquid (overall medicine)

Measurements

overall: 5 in x 1 3/16 in x 1 3/16 in x 3.5 cm; 12.7 cm x 3.01625 cm x 3.01625 cm x 1 3/8 in

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Pain & Neuralgia Drugs

Diarrhea Drugs

Infant & Children's Products - Pediatrics

collection

G.E. Damon Collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-5297-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_715103