Skip to main content

Link to Smithsonian homepage

Smithsonian Music

Main menu

  • Calendar
  • Listen
  • Learn
    • Ask Smithsonian
    • Collections Spotlights
    • Music Stories
  • Watch
  • Blog

Allen's Lung Balsam

Object Details

Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
For the cure of all affections of the lungs, throat and chest, such as consumption, colds, coughs, asthma, bronchitis, croup, whooping cough, pain or oppression of the chest, hoarseness, spitting of blood and all pulmonary diseases
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
J. N. Harris and Company
Date made
1892-1906
Physical Description
glass (container packaging material)
cardboard (container packaging material)
Measurements
box: 6 1/8 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 1/16 in; 15.5575 cm x 4.92125 cm x 2.69875 cm
bottle: 5 13/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 7/8 in; 14.76375 cm x 4.60375 cm x 2.2225 cm
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .
International media Interoperability Framework
IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.
View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Link to Smithsonian homepage

  • About
  • Terms of Use
  • Privacy
  • YouTube
  • Twitter
Back to Top