Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters

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Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters
Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters
Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters
Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters
Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters

Object Details

maker: R. H. McDonald Drug Company

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:; The great blood purifier and life-giving principle. A remedy for dyspepsia, indigestion, rheumatism, diarrhea, consumption, catarrh, bronchitis, neuralgia, headache, boils and ulcers, sore eyes, dropsy, scald head, paralysis, erysipelas, scrofula, tetter, skin diseases, bilious, remittent and intermittent fevers. Pains in the back, shoulders, heart and chest, liver and kidney complaints, stomach ache, jaundice, gout and fits, dizziness, colds and coughs, croup, palpitations of the heart, lead colic, nausea, biliousness, dysentary, piles, etc. Pin, tape and other worms lurking in the system of so many thousands are effectually destroyed and removed. For female complaints, in young or old, married or single, at the dawn of womanhood or the turn of life, this tonic bitters has no equal. Aperient, diaphoretic and carminative, nutritious, laxative, diuretic, sedative, counter-irritant, sudorific, alterative, and anti-bilious.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Richard Holstein

date made: after 1886

ID Number: 2008.0062.28
accession number: 2008.0062
catalog number: 2008.0062.28

Object Name: otc preparation

Physical Description: paper (container material); glass (container material); cardboard (container material)
Measurements: box: 9 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 24.13 cm x 7.9375 cm x 7.9375 cm; bottle: 8 1/4 in x 3 in; 20.955 cm x 7.62 cm

place made: United States: California, San Francisco; United States: New York, New York City

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine; Health & Medicine; Balm of America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Women's Health Products; Bitters; Blood & Liver Drugs; Indigestion & Nausea Drugs; Pain & Neuralgia Drugs; Skin & Dermatology Drugs; Fever & Chill Drugs; Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs; Vermifuges & Parasiticides; Women's Health; Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs

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nmah_1352156

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DR. J. WALKER'S CALIFORNIA VINEGAR BITTERS

National Museum of American History

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