Herbitol (Goff's)

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:

For heartburn; gas belching; sour stomach; flatulence; laxative for constipation and inactive bowels

Date Made: ca 1920

Maker: S. B. Goff and Sons Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, Camden

Subject: LaxativesIndigestion & Nausea DrugsCollection: G.E. Damon Collection

Subject:

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-10426.35Catalog Number: M-10426Accession Number: 246707

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

Physical Description: alcohol 12.5% (drug active ingredients)Measurements: box: 8 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 20.955 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.445 cmbottle: 7 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 19.05 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-904d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_716238

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