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Detachon's Mystic Cure

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    Object Details

    maker
    Dr. I. A. Detchon
    Description
    The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
    For acute rheumatism, chronic rheumatism, muscular rheumatism, articular rheumatism, sciatic rheumatism, lumbago or rheumatism of the back, gout and neuralgia, all of its varied forms, such as neuralgia of the face and head, neuralgia of the heart, neuralgia of the stomach and bowels, neuralgia of the kidneys, neuralgia of the ovaries, sick headaches
    Location
    Currently not on view
    Date made
    ca 1900
    ID Number
    MG.M-10409.13
    catalog number
    M-10409
    accession number
    246707
    Object Name
    otc preparation
    Other Terms
    Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
    Measurements
    box: 7 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1.25 cm; 18.7325 cm x 6.985 cm x 1/2 in
    bottle: 6 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 16.51 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.8575 cm
    Place Made
    United States: Indiana, Crawfordsville
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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    Balm of America
    Data Source
    National Museum of American History
    Subject
    Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs
    Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
    collection
    G.E. Damon Collection
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7a2d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    nmah_715447
    NMAH
    DETACHON'S MYSTIC CURE
    National Museum of American History
    CC0
    Metadata Usage
    CC0
    Link to Original Record
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a8-7a2d-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    Record ID
    nmah_715447
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