Dr. D. Jayne's Sanative Pills

Object Details

maker

Dr. D. Jayne and Son

Description

For liver complaint, biliousness, indigestion and constipation.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Robert J. Locurto

date made

Marketing Strategies:The Philadelphia-based Dr. D. Jayne & Son was one of the first patent medicine companies to use the annual almanac as a marketing tool. They printed their first almanac in 1843. Over the next ninety years they printed and distributed more than 500 million almanacs.

after 1906 , Marketing Strategies:The Philadelphia-based Dr. D. Jayne & Son was one of the first patent medicine companies to use the annual almanac as a marketing tool. They printed their first almanac in 1843. Over the next ninety years they printed and distributed more than 500 million almanacs.

ID Number

1981.0219.094

accession number

1981.0219

catalog number

1981.0219.094

Object Name

otc preparation

Other Terms

Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Physical Description

gambogia (drug active ingredients)

colocynthis (drug active ingredients)

capsicum (drug active ingredients)

acacia (drug active ingredients)

aloin (drug active ingredients)

colocynth (drug active ingredients)

podophyllin (drug active ingredients)

hyoscyami (drug active ingredients)

saccharum (drug active ingredients)

paper (packaging material)

Measurements

overall: 5.5 cm x 2 cm; 2 3/16 in x 13/16 in

overall: 2 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 5.71754 cm x 1.905 cm

place made

United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Laxatives

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746b2-7d01-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_719925