Liver Salts
Liver Salts
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
- Liver salts are most useful in promoting the elimination of decomposed food products resulting from indiscretions in eating and drinking, and relieving the sequels, such as dizziness or sick headache, constipation and excessive accumulation of [...] or uric acid compounds in the blood. It does not gripe or cause pain.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Drugs
- maker
- J.A. Eberly
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- Physical Description
- sodium phosphate; sulphate; chloride; citrate; tartrate (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 in; 8.89 cm x 5.08 cm
- ID Number
- 2002.0138.138
- accession number
- 2002.0138
- catalog number
- 2002.0138.138
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Grodanz, David's Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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