Gelatin Coated No. 155 Cascara Sagrada Nux Vomica and Belladonna Pills

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:

For use as a laxative, cathartic, hepatic and intestinal tonic. It relieves constipation by restoring tonicity to the bowels. [Physicians' Manual of Therapeutics: Referring especially to the products of the pharmaceutical and biological laboratories of Parke, Davis & Company, 1901]

Date Made: ca 1890s

Maker: Parke, Davis and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Michigan, Detroit

Subject: LaxativesIndigestion & Nausea Drugs

Subject:

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Credit Line: Gift of John C. Helenore

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-07237Catalog Number: M-07237Accession Number: 220009

Object Name: pharmaceuticalOther Terms: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Physical Description: glass (overall material)cork (lid material)paper (label material)Ext. Cascara Sag., 2 gr. (drug active ingredient)Ext. Nux Vomica, 1/8 gr. (drug active ingredient)Ext. Belladonna, 1/16 gr. (drug active ingredient)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 in; 8.89 cm x 3.4925 cm x 2.54 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6535-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_718391

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