Hot Springs Liver Buttons

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Object Details

maker

Hot Springs Chemical Company

Description

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

For biliousness, torpid liver, constipation, indigestation, tired feeling

Location

Currently not on view

Date made

1906-1918

ID Number

MG.M-10413.26

catalog number

M-10413

accession number

246707

Object Name

otc preparation

Other Terms

Patent Medicines; Non-Liquid

Measurements

overall: .9 cm x 5.5 cm x 3.9 cm; 3/8 in x 2 3/16 in x 1 9/16 in

overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 3/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 6.0325 cm x .9525 cm

Place Made

United States: Arkansas, Hot Springs

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Blood & Liver Drugs

Indigestion & Nausea Drugs

Laxatives

collection

G.E. Damon Collection

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-8387-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_719979