Blue Ridge Pure Castor Oil

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maker: Blue Ridge Chemical Corp'n.

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:; For use as a purgative [Remington's Practice of Pharmacy, Seventh Edition, 1926]
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Ben Posen

date made: ca 1920

ID Number: 2004.3012.18
nonaccession number: 2004.3012
catalog number: 2004.3012.18

Object Name: pharmaceutical; otc preparation

Physical Description: castor oil (drug active ingredients); glass (container material); cork (stopper material); paper (label material); wax (stopper material)
Measurements: overall: 6 3/8 in x 2 in x 1 in; 16.1925 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm

place made: United States: Virginia, Rocky Mount

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Laxatives

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nmah_1269584

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BLUE RIDGE PURE CASTOR OIL

National Museum of American History

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Record ID: nmah_1269584