Beecham's Laxative Pills

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Beneficial in helping to relieve headaches, loginess, irritability, sour stomach, upset stomach (commonly referred to as biliousness), coated tongue, bad breath, listlessness, when such conditions are due to temporary constipation

Date Made: after 1938

Maker: Beecham's Pills

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New Jersey, Bloomfield

Subject: LaxativesIndigestion & Nausea Drugs

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1979.0798.342Accession Number: 1979.0798Catalog Number: 1979.0798.342

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Laxative; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Physical Description: aloes (drug active ingredients)ginger (drug active ingredients)capsicum (drug active ingredients)oil of rosemary (drug active ingredients)oil of aniseed (drug active ingredients)oil of juniper berries (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 2.8 cm x 3.5 cm; 1 1/8 in x 1 3/8 inoverall: 1 in x 1 5/16 in; x 2.54 cm x 3.3655 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-86ed-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_717049

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