Bliss Native Herbs, 200 Tablets

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Associated Name: Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Company
maker: Alonzo O. Bliss Medical Company

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: a laxative and stimulent, a diuretic for the kidneys, a stomachic.; Dose: Average laxative dose is one tablet nightly but regulate from half to three tablets according to bowel action.; Directions: Take with a glassful of water or fruit juice. As conditions indicate, gradually reduce dose and frequency of taking until discontinued. Drink 6 to 8 glassfuls of water daily.; This object is one of over 700 items from Glaser’s Drug Store of Sayre, Pennsylvania. In 1921, Simon Glaser (1860-1936), an immigrant from Russian Poland, established the drug store at 121 West Packer Avenue in Sayre, PA. His son, Sidney Glaser (1899-1992), soon joined him in the business and continued to operate the store until 1961. After retiring, Sidney Glaser retained thousands of products dating from the 1920s – 1960s, including pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, personal care products, and vitamins, and donated many of them to the Smithsonian in 1985.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Sidney Glaser

ID Number: 1985.0481.022
catalog number: 1985.0481.022
accession number: 1985.0481

Object Name: Patent Medicine
Object Type: Drugs

Physical Description: aloes (overall active ingredients); licorice (overall active ingredients); mandrake (overall active ingredients); gentian (overall active ingredients); galangal n.f.v (overall active ingredients); uva ursi (overall active ingredients); buchu (overall active ingredients)
Measurements: overall: 9.8 cm x 5.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 3 7/8 in x 2 3/16 in x in; overall: 2 1/4 in x 4 in x 1 1/8 in; 5.715 cm x 10.16 cm x 2.8575 cm

place made: United States: District of Columbia, Washington; Canada: Quebec, Montreal

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine; Balm of America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Laxatives; Indigestion & Nausea Drugs; Kidney & Urinary Drugs

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BLISS NATIVE HERBS, 200 TABLETS

National Museum of American History

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