Object Details
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Laxative. To assist man when he overindulges in eating or drinking, and through lack of proper exercise, by helping renew his interest in life.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- W. H. Comstock Company
- Date made
- ca 1940
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
- Physical Description
- aloes (drug active ingredients)
- mandrake (drug active ingredients)
- gamboge (drug active ingredients)
- jalap (drug active ingredients)
- cayenne pepper (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; .635 cm x 4.7625 cm x 3.4925 cm
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Non-Liquid
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