Hamburg Breast Tea

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Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:

A pectoral, intended for affections of the chest and throat, such as chest colds, coughs, croup, asthma, hoarseness, bronchitis, etc.

Date Made: after 1913

Retailer: Sherman PharmacyDistributor: St. Jacobs Oil Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: Respiratory & Asthma DrugsCatarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Balm of America, Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0460.050Accession Number: 1985.0460Catalog Number: 1985.0460.050

Object Name: otc preparationObject Type: Drugs

Physical Description: paper (container material)Measurements: overall: 5 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 13.6525 cm x 4.445 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-de33-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_209673

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