Beecham's Pills
Beecham's Pills
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Laxative... beneficial in helpint relieve Headaches, Loginess, Irritability, Sour Stomach, Upset Stomach, Coated Tongue, Bad Breath, Listlessness, when such conditions are due to temporary constipation.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Date made
- c. 1940
- maker
- Eno-Scott & Bowne
- place made
- United States: New Jersey, Bloomfield
- Physical Description
- aloes (drug active ingredients)
- ginger (drug active ingredients)
- coriander (drug active ingredients)
- capsicum (drug active ingredients)
- oil of rosemary (drug active ingredients)
- oil of aniseed (drug active ingredients)
- oil of juniper berries (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.4 cm x 3.5 cm; 15/16 in x 1 3/8 in
- overall: 1 in x 1 3/8 in; x 2.54 cm x 3.4925 cm
- ID Number
- 2004.3012.01
- catalog number
- 2004.3012.01
- nonaccession number
- 2004.3012.01
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ben Posen
- subject
- Laxatives
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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