Electric Brand Bitters

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Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:

For all diseases of the the stomach, liver, and kidneys, biliousness, general debility, fever and ague, blood disorders, liver complaints, jaundice, kidney complaints and diseases of urinary organs, neuralgia, nervousness and mental depression. As an appetizer they are unequaled.

Date Made: ca 1908-1918

Maker: H.E. Bucklen and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Subject: Indigestion & Nausea DrugsKidney & Urinary DrugsFever & Chill DrugsBlood & Liver DrugsBitters

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Ben Posen

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2004.3012.03Catalog Number: 2004.3012.03Nonaccession Number: 2004.3012

Object Name: otc preparation

Physical Description: alcohol, 18% (drug active ingredients)paper (container material)cardboard (container material)glass (container material)Measurements: box: 8 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 21.9075 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cmbottle: 8 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 22.5425 cm x 6.0325 cm x 6.0325 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7095-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1269499

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