Nyal Vegetable Prescription: Tonic and Nerve Sedative for Women
Object Details
- retailer
- Sherman Pharmacy
- distributor
- Nyal Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Tonic and nerve sedative for women. For disordered menstruation, ovarian neuralgia, and bearing down pain.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt
- after 1927
- ID Number
- 1985.0460.076
- accession number
- 1985.0460
- catalog number
- 1985.0460.076
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Physical Description
- life root, 12 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- black haw, 12 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- false unicorn, 12 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- squaw vine, 12 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- cascarilla, 12 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- rhubarb, 4 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- jamaica dogwood, 8 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- cascara, 2 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- alcohol, 16% (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 9 5/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 in; 24.4475 cm x 9.2075 cm x 5.08 cm
- bottle: 9 1/8 in x 3 in x 1 3/4 in; 23.1775 cm x 7.62 cm x 4.445 cm
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Women's Health Products
- Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
- Women's Health
- Record ID
- nmah_209830
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-b31d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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