McElree's Cardui
Object Details
- Chattanooga Medicine Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A vegetable bitter tonic and stomachic, with antispasmodic properties valuable in relieving functional dysmenorrhea (painful menstruation not due to alteration of organs). A bitter tonic and stomachic to stimulate the appetite when deficient, and in such cases to stimulate the cells of the stomach to help increase the amount of gastric juice and thus to improve digestion and nutrition.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard W. Pollay
- 1920s-1930s
- ID Number
- 2008.0018.234
- catalog number
- 2008.0018.234
- accession number
- 2008.0018
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- OTC Preparation
- Physical Description
- alcohol 19% (overall active ingredients)
- blessed thistle (Cnicus benedictus, tops and stems) (overall active ingredients)
- black haw (Viburnum prunifolium, root and tree bark) (overall active ingredients)
- golden seal (Hydrastis Canadensis, rhizomes and roots, hydrastis tops which are not official) (overall active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 7 7/8 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 7.3025 cm x 4.1275 cm
- bottle: 7 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 19.05 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.81 cm
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Chattanooga
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Women's Health Products
- Menstruation
- Record ID
- nmah_1351302
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-a8c3-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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