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Description:

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

Date Made: 1898-1920

Maker: Vass Chemical Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Danbury

Subject: Laxatives

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

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Related Publication: Whorton, James. Thialion! Anatomy of a Pseudo-Ethical Proprietary

Credit Line: Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0798.057Accession Number: 1979.0798Catalog Number: 1979.0798.57

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid

Physical Description: salt of lithia (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 6 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 15.24 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.4925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-381e-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_714563

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