Ayer's Sarsaparilla
Object Details
- Dr. J. C. Ayer and Company
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of John C. Helenore
- 1906 - 1940
- c. 1906 - 1940
- ID Number
- MG.M-07225
- catalog number
- M-07225
- accession number
- 220009
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
- Physical Description
- sarsaparilla root, 10 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- yellow dock root, 8 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- licorice root, 8 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- cinchona red bark, 6 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- buckthorn bark, 4 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- stillingia root, 4 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- burdock root, 3 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- senna leaves, 2 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- black cohosh root, 2 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- pokeroot, 1 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- iodid of potassium, 4 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- glycerin, c.p., 3.5 drachms per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
- sassafras oil (drug active ingredients)
- wintergreen oil (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins
- Record ID
- nmah_716288
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-85b7-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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