Allan's Concentrated Extract of Sarsaparilla and Yellow Dock
Object Details
- Allan-Pfeiffer Chemical Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Scrofula; Scrofulous humors; Scald head; Syphilitic Affections;Cancerous Humors; Ring Worm; Salt Rheum; Boils; Pimples and Humors of the Face; Catarrh; Headache; Dizziness; Faintness at the Stomach; Constipation; Pains in the back; Female Weakness; General Debility; Costiveness; Biliousness; all diseases arising from an impure state or low condition of the blood.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1890-1906
- ID Number
- 1978.0235.052
- accession number
- 1978.0255
- catalog number
- 1978.0255.052
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
- Physical Description
- sarsaparilla (overall material)
- yellow dock (overall material)
- potassium iodide (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 24.5 cm x 9.8 cm x 4.5 cm; 9 21/32 in x 3 27/32 in x 1 25/32 in
- place made
- United States: Missouri, St. Louis
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Laxatives
- Record ID
- nmah_714594
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4134-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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