Lightning Cough Drops
Lightning Cough Drops
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
- An expectorant cough syrup for coughs, colds, croup, consumption and all pulmonary diseases. For bronchitis, sore throat, catarrh, whooping cough, asthma.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
- Date made
- ca 1900
- maker
- Herb Medicine Company
- Place Made
- United States: West Virginia, Weston
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/2 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 in; 13.97 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-10414.06
- catalog number
- M-10414
- accession number
- 246707
- subject
- Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
- Respiratory & Asthma Drugs
- G.E. Damon Collection
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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