Dr. Hand's Pleasant Physic
Object Details
- retailer
- Sherman Pharmacy
- Hand Medicine Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- A physician's prescription for infants, children, or adults suffering from constipation
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt
- ca 1920
- ID Number
- 1985.0460.219
- catalog number
- 1985.0460.219
- accession number
- 1985.0460
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Physical Description
- glass (container material)
- cardboard (container material)
- alcohol, 6% (drug active ingredients)
- cork (container material)
- paper (container material)
- Measurements
- box: 6 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 in; 15.5575 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.54 cm
- bottle: 5 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 14.605 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.2225 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Laxatives
- Infant & Children's Products - Pediatrics
- Record ID
- nmah_209363
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-e2fd-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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