Dr. Kilmer's Female Remedy

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian's Terms of Use page .

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more.

View manifest View in Mirador Viewer

Object Details

maker: Dr. Kilmer and Company

Description: "Specially adapted to female constitutions," this was the first product made by Dr. Kilmer & Co., an enterprise founded in the 1870s by a successful medical practioner from Binghamton, New York. Its label proclaims the medicine as "The Great Blood Purifier and System Regulator. The Only Herbal Alterative and Depurative Ever Discovered."; Kilmer's company was one of the first firms to advertise nationally, and examples of its 18 herbal remedies, including the popular "Swamp Root and Kidney Cure," could be found in homes across the country. Due to their questionable ingredients and extravagant therapeutic claims, proprietary medicines such as Dr. Kilmer's became targeted by the National Food and Drug Act of 1906.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Richard H. Bogard

ID Number: 2000.0137.088
accession number: 2000.0137
catalog number: 2000.0137.088

Object Name: otc preparation
Other Terms: Drugs

Physical Description: unknown (overall material)
Measurements: overall: 8 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 22.225 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.1275 cm

Place Made: United States: New York, Binghamton

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; Women's Health

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-ad64-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

nmah_1215373

NMAH

DR. KILMER'S FEMALE REMEDY

National Museum of American History

CC0

Metadata Usage: CC0

Link to Original Record

Record ID: nmah_1215373