Adamson's Balsam
Object Details
- Myers Laboratories
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard W. Pollay
- after 1942
- ID Number
- 2008.0018.180
- accession number
- 2008.0018
- catalog number
- 2008.0018.180
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- OTC Preparation
- Physical Description
- lobelia (overall active ingredients)
- bloodroot (overall active ingredients)
- tartar emetic (overall active ingredients)
- rio-ipecac (overall active ingredients)
- gum camphor (overall active ingredients)
- capsicum (overall active ingredients)
- resin guaiac (overall active ingredients)
- gum resin (overall active ingredients)
- myrrh (overall active ingredients)
- balsam tolu (overall active ingredients)
- glycerin syrup (overall active ingredients)
- molasses (overall active ingredients)
- glass (bottle material)
- cardboard (box material)
- Measurements
- box: 4 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.81 cm
- bottle: 4 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 4.7625 cm x 3.175 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Warren
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
- Record ID
- nmah_1348729
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-b00b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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