Bonded Super-Gestine, 5 fl. oz.

Object Details

maker

William A. Webster Company

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For the temporary relief of hyperacidity of the mouth and stomach, pains due to gas on stomach, flatulence, and eructations.

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 U. Glaser

date made

ca 1950s

ID Number

1988.3089.017

catalog number

1988.3089.017

nonaccession number

1988.3089

Object Name

otc preparation

Physical Description

cardboard (overall material)

tin (overall material)

magnesium carbonate (drug active ingredients)

calcium (drug active ingredients)

sodium bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)

bismuth bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)

malt diastase (drug active ingredients)

papain (drug active ingredients)

oil peppermint (drug active ingredients)

Measurements

box: 5 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in; 14.2875 cm x 6.6675 cm x 6.6675 cm

tin: 5 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 13.6525 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm

Place Made

United States: Tennessee, Memphis

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-c001-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1377144