Seidlitz Powders

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: In high estimation for indigestion, heartburn, sick headache, bilious affections, etc., and if used regularly will form a mild and gentle cathartic. Superior to any medicine of the kind in use and yet possessing all the medical virtues of the celebrated Seidlitz Springs in Germany.

Date Made: ca 1900

Maker: Meyer Brothers Drug Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis

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: 1979.0798.360Accession Number: 1979.0798Catalog Number: 1979.0798.360

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Tin; Seidlitz Powders; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Measurements: overall: 4.1 cm x 11.2 cm x 8.4 cm; 1 5/8 in x 4 7/16 in x 3 5/16 inoverall: 1 5/8 in x 4 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 11.43 cm x 8.5725 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-538f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_718778

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