Object Details
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Small doses are a gentle laxative, larger doses an active cathartic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- C. I. Hood Company
- date made
- ca 1920s
- trademark registration date
- 1888-04-01
- Credit Line
- Gift of C. Elbert Hoffman
- Physical Description
- cardboard (container material)
- glass (container material)
- metal (container material)
- gamboge (drug active ingredients)
- resin podophyllin (drug active ingredients)
- aloes (drug active ingredients)
- colocynth (drug active ingredients)
- ipecac (drug active ingredients)
- jalap (drug active ingredients)
- castile soap (drug active ingredients)
- gentian (drug active ingredients)
- capsicum (drug active ingredients)
- aloin (drug active ingredients)
- cardamom seed (drug active ingredients)
- resin scammony (drug active ingredients)
- african ginger (drug active ingredients)
- nux vomica (drug active ingredients)
- croton oil (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 2.66 cm x 6.2 cm x 3.2 cm; 1 1/16 in x 2 7/16 in x 1 1/4 in
- box: 1 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 in; 3.175 cm x 6.0325 cm x 2.54 cm
- bottle: 2 in x 1 1/8 in x 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm x 1.5875 cm
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
