Hood's Sarsatabs

Description:

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

For scrofula, scrofulous humors, scald head, syphilitic affections, ringworms, eczema or salt rheum, boils, pimples and humors on the face, rheumatism, catarrh, headache, dizziness, faintness at the stomach, constipation, pains in the back, female weakness, general debility, costiveness, biliousness, and all diseases arising from an impure state or low condition of the blood. Sarsatabs assist nature to expel from the system all impure and effete matter through the lungs, liver, kidneys and skin, aid all weak and debilitated organs, invigorate the nervous system, and impart new life and energy.

Date Made: 1908-1918

Maker: C. I. Hood and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell

Subject: Indigestion & Nausea DrugsSkin & Dermatology DrugsSTD DrugsBlood & Liver DrugsWomen's Health ProductsRheumatism & Arthritis DrugsLaxativesWomen's Health

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Balm of America

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Credit Line: Gift of Mr. James Harvey Young

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1989.0711.51Accession Number: 1989.0711Catalog Number: 1989.0711.51

Object Name: otc preparation

Physical Description: sarsaparilla (drug active ingredients)mandrake (drug active ingredients)gentian (drug active ingredients)dock (drug active ingredients)dandelion (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 11.6 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm; 4 9/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 inoverall: 4 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 4.7625 cm x 4.7625 cm

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Record Id: nmah_748940

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