Drake Cough Syrup

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Object Details

maker: Drake Remedy Company

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:; Cough
Location: Currently not on view

Date made: after 1906

ID Number: MG.293320.1312
catalog number: 293320.1312
accession number: 293320

Object Name: otc preparation; Bottle, Medicine
Other Terms: Drugs

Physical Description: alcohol 6% (drug active ingredients); white pine bark (drug active ingredients); wild cherry bark (drug active ingredients); squill (drug active ingredients); sassafras (drug active ingredients); pine tar (drug active ingredients); menthol (drug active ingredients); chloroform (drug active ingredients)
Measurements: overall: 6 1/8 in x 2 in x 1 1/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm

Place Made: United States: New York, Kingston

See more items in: Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources; Health & Medicine; Balm of America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs

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nmah_1298418

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DRAKE COUGH SYRUP

National Museum of American History

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Record ID: nmah_1298418