Pil. Lilly Aphrodisiaca

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: As a nerve tonic, indicated in mental overwork, sexual debility, impotency. Beneficial in cases of nocturnal emission, the result of excesses, mental apathy or indifference, and in an enfeebled condition of the general system, with weakness or dull pain in the lumbosacral region. In diseases of the reproductive organs of the female, and especially of the uterus,... as a uterine tonic,... is of value in leucorrhea, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, to to remove tendency to miscarriage.

Date Made: Ca.1890-1920s

Associated Name: Tupper's PharmacyMaker: Eli Lilly and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis

Subject: Aphrodisiacs & Potency DrugsMedicine

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1980.0698.026Accession Number: 1980.0698Catalog Number: 1980.0698.026

Object Name: PharmaceuticalOther Terms: Pharmaceutical; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Physical Description: damiana (overall material)nux vomica (drug active ingredients)phosphorous (drug active ingredients)glass (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 in; 9.8425 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.54 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6a2b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_715846

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