Dr. D. Jayne's Sanative Pills

Description:

For liver complaint, biliousness, indigestion and constipation.

Date Made: Marketing Strategies:The Philadelphia-based Dr. D. Jayne & Son was one of the first patent medicine companies to use the annual almanac as a marketing tool. They printed their first almanac in 1843. Over the next ninety years they printed and distributed more than 500 million almanacs.after 1906 , Marketing Strategies:The Philadelphia-based Dr. D. Jayne & Son was one of the first patent medicine companies to use the annual almanac as a marketing tool. They printed their first almanac in 1843. Over the next ninety years they printed and distributed more than 500 million almanacs.

Maker: Dr. D. Jayne and Son

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: Laxatives

Subject:

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

Exhibition:

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Credit Line: Gift of Robert J. Locurto

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0219.094Accession Number: 1981.0219Catalog Number: 1981.0219.094

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

Physical Description: gambogia (drug active ingredients)colocynthis (drug active ingredients)capsicum (drug active ingredients)acacia (drug active ingredients)aloin (drug active ingredients)colocynth (drug active ingredients)podophyllin (drug active ingredients)hyoscyami (drug active ingredients)saccharum (drug active ingredients)paper (packaging material)Measurements: overall: 5.5 cm x 2 cm; 2 3/16 in x 13/16 inoverall: 2 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 5.71754 cm x 1.905 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-7d01-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_719925

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