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Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Properties: Anodyne and antispasmoic. The leaves are used in the form of Cigarettes for Asthma.

Poisonous: Antidates; Emetics; Stomach Pump; Stimulants

Maker: Valentine H. Smith Company Incorporated

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: Respiratory & Asthma Drugs

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2010.0213.006Accession Number: 2010.0213Catalog Number: 2010.0213.006

Object Name: otc preparation

Physical Description: cardboard (overall material)Datura Stramonium Lin. (drug active ingredient)Measurements: overall: 11.7 cm x 6.6 cm x 3.9 cm; 4 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 9/16 inoverall: 4 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 11.7475 cm x 3.81 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-3c23-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1396096

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Selected Stramonium U.S.P.