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HoBo Medicine (Diuretic)

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Object Details

maker

Hobo Medicine Company

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

The Fournet Drugstore Collection

date made

after June 1942

ID Number

1985.0475.441

accession number

1985.0475

catalog number

1985.0475.441

accession number

1985.0475

Object Name

otc preparation

Object Type

Drugs

Physical Description

glass (container material)
galium herb, aqueous extract; preservatives (sodium benzoate and salicylic acid) (drug active ingredients)

Measurements

overall: 83 in x 3 in x 2 in; 210.82 cm x 7.62 cm x 5.08 cm

place made

United States: Texas, Beaumont

associated place

United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville

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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a1-35d3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_334096
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