Object Details
maker
Herb Medicine Company
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
Cure of kidney, liver, blood, and nerve diseases, and their kindred complaints, such as dropsy, nervous prostration, debility, human decay, loss of energy, mental and physical weakness, overworked brain, defective memory, dimness of sight, pain in side, liver complaint, lame back, cloudy urine, losses and escapes, costiveness, dyspepsia, headache, pimples on face, night sweats, consumptive decline, weakness arising from abuse or overwork, impotence, aversion to society, unfitness to marry, melancholy, restlessness, loss of spirits
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Grodanz, David's Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
date made
1895-1906
ID Number
2002.0138.075
accession number
2002.0138
catalog number
2002.0138.075
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
Drugs
Physical Description
glass (container material)
cork (container material)
cardboard (container material)
paper (container material)
Measurements
box: 8 7/8 in x 3 in x 2 in; 22.5425 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm
bottle: 8 5/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 21.9075 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.7625 cm
place made
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Balm of America
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Kidney & Urinary Drugs
Blood & Liver Drugs
Nerve & Brain Drugs
Bitters
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1215647