Dr. Hobson's Compound Laxative Cascara Tablets

Object Details

maker

Pfeiffer Chemical Company

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A Mild and Pleasant Laxative for constipation and biliousness, relieves sick and bilious headache.

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

after July 1906

ID Number

1988.3089.035

catalog number

1988.3089.035

nonaccession number

1988.3089

Object Name

otc preparation

Physical Description

tin (overall material)

Measurements

overall: 5 cm x 4 cm x 1.1 cm; 1 15/16 in x 1 9/16 in x 7/16 in

overall: 1 5/8 in x 2 in x 3/8 in; 4.1275 cm x 5.08 cm x .9525 cm

Place Made

United States: Missouri, St. Louis

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Laxatives

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-efd9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1378327