Smith's Compound Pineapple and Butternut Pills
Smith's Compound Pineapple and Butternut Pills
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Constipation, biliousness, dyspepsia, indigestion, act on liver, bad taste in the mouth, bad complexion, and all diseases of stomach, liver, bowels, and digestive organs.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Date made
- 1908-1918
- maker
- W. F. Smith Company
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Boston
- Physical Description
- pineapple (overall active ingredients)
- butternut (overall active ingredients)
- paper (overall; wrapper material)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.8 cm x 2 cm; 2 11/16 in x 13/16 in
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 7/8 in; x 7.3025 cm x 2.2225 cm
- ID Number
- 1984.0782.187
- accession number
- 1984.0782
- catalog number
- 1984.0782.187
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
- subject
- Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
- Laxatives
- Blood & Liver Drugs
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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