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Dr. Flint's Quaker Bitters

American History Museum

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    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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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    American Enterprise
    Balm of America

    Exhibition

    American Enterprise

    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

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8a42-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_714426
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