Thermaline

Thermaline

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Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Chills, fever, ague, dumb ague, intermittent fever, all malarial diseases, enlarged spleen, ague cake, remittent, intermittent, periodic, continuous, swamp, bilious, congestive and simple fevers, liver disorders, kidney disease, jaundice, general debility, poverty of the blood, neuralgia, female debility, dyspepsia.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
Date made
ca 1880
maker
Dundas Dick and Company
place made
United States: New York
Physical Description
alkaloids of calisaya bark (overall active ingredients)
eucalyptus (overall active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 1.1 cm x 8 cm x 4.4 cm; 7/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in
overall: 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 1.27 cm x 7.9375 cm x 4.445 cm
ID Number
MG.M-12151.06B
accession number
271464
catalog number
M-12151
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Edward Mogull
subject
Fever & Chill Drugs
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Balm of America
Data Source
National Museum of American History
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