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Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A vegetable corrective for regulating the stomach and bowels of infants and children. For diarrhoea, Dysentary, Summer Complaints, Constipation, Worms, Convulsions, Teething, Wind Colic, Vomiting of Sour Curd, Mal-Assimilation of Food, Sour Stomach, Feverishness, and Want of Sleep.

Date Made: c. 1900

Maker: E. C. DeWitt and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Subject: Infant & Children's Products - PediatricsLaxatives

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Ben Posen

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2004.3012.02Catalog Number: 2004.3012.02Nonaccession Number: 2004.3012

Object Name: otc preparation

Physical Description: wormseed (drug active ingredients)cascara (drug active ingredients)rhubarb (drug active ingredients)pumpkin seed (drug active ingredients)alex. senna (drug active ingredients)rochelle salts (drug active ingredients)anise seed (drug active ingredients)bicarbonate soda (drug active ingredients)peppermint (drug active ingredients)wintergreen (drug active ingredients)horehound (drug active ingredients)aromatic sugar syrup (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 6 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 15.5575 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7090-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1269498

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