Aloe Pills, U.S.P.

Description:

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

For hemorrhoids, constipation, amenorrhea [absence of menstrual periods], jaundice, and chlorosis [chronic anemia] [Merck's Index, Fourth Edition, 1930]

Date Made: 1935ca 1935

Maker: Parke, Davis and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Michigan, Detroit

Subject: Laxatives

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Botanical Medicine

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Parke, Davis and Company; Accession 134667 (1935)

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-04029Catalog Number: M-04029Accession Number: 134667

Object Name: pillspharmaceutical dosage form, pillsOther Terms: pills; Dosage Form; Drugs

Physical Description: brownish/black (overall color)glass (overall material)paper (label material)metal (lid material)aloe (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 5 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 13.97 cm x 5.3975 cm x 5.3975 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-efbf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_728251

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