Tar-Co-Pine Cough Mixture
Tar-Co-Pine Cough Mixture
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- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- OTC Preparation
- maker
- Theriot Drug Products
- Place Made
- United States: Louisiana, Covington
- Physical Description
- chloroform (overall active ingredients)
- creosote (overall active ingredients)
- tartar emetic (overall active ingredients)
- pine tar (overall active ingredients)
- pine bark (overall active ingredients)
- bloodroot (overall active ingredients)
- balm of gilead buds (overall active ingredients)
- glycerine (overall active ingredients)
- wild cherry bark (overall active ingredients)
- amonnium chloride (overall active ingredients)
- spikenard (overall active ingredients)
- sassafras (overall active ingredients)
- menthol (overall active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 5 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 13.335 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.8575 cm
- bottle: 5 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 2008.0018.248
- accession number
- 2008.0018
- catalog number
- 2008.0018.248
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard W. Pollay
- subject
- Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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