Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption

Description:

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

By taking the contents of this small bottle, you will readily perceive the remarkable curative qualities of this great New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs, Colds, and all Diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs, which will convince you of its wonderful merits, and show you what can be done by a regular one dollar size bottle. Give it a trial. Dose for adults one teaspoonful every three hours.

Proprietary (patent) medicine makers employed a wide array of advertising and marketing techniques to sell their products. The free sample, or trial size, was one of these. Dr. King's New Discovery, developed by Dr. Z. L. King of Elkhart, Indianna, was purchased by Herbert E. Bucklen around 1878. Bucklen spent lavishly on advertising which brought national recognition to his New Discovery and other medicines.

Date Made: ca 1905

Maker: H.E. Bucklen and Company

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Subject: Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs

Subject:

See more items in: 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

Id Number: MG.293320.1237Accession Number: 293320Catalog Number: 293320.1237

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Drugs

Measurements: overall: 4 1/2 in x 1 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 11.43 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.905 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-ce44-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1298473

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