Object Details
maker
Quaker Bitters Company
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
A stomach tonic. For nervousness, catarrh of the head and stomach, scrofulous humor, canker, pimples and humors on the face, summer complaints, female weaknesses. Restores the appetite, purifies the blood. For dyspepsia, constipation, sick headache, dizziness, low spirits caused by disordered stomach, rheumatism, neuralgia, kidney and liver complaints, bilious attacks, piles, malaria, torpidity of the system, languor, general debility, fever and ague.
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Mogull
date made
1885-1908
ID Number
MG.M-12151.01
catalog number
M-12151.01
accession number
271464
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
Physical Description
alcohol 22.5 % (drug active ingredients)
red clover blossoms (drug active ingredients)
triticum repens (witch grass) (drug active ingredients)
rock rose (drug active ingredients)
yellow dock (drug active ingredients)
sarsaparilla (drug active ingredients)
dandelion (drug active ingredients)
gentian (drug active ingredients)
juniper (drug active ingredients)
wild cherry (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
box: 9 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in; 24.13 cm x 8.255 cm x 6.35 cm
bottle: 9 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 23.1775 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.3975 cm
place made
United States: Rhode Island, Providence
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Exhibition
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Exhibition Location
National Museum of American History
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Blood & Liver Drugs
Fever & Chill Drugs
Nerve & Brain Drugs
Skin & Dermatology Drugs
Women's Health Products
Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs
Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
Kidney & Urinary Drugs
Bitters
Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
Women's Health
Laxatives
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_714426