English Female Bitters

Object Details

maker

J. P. Dromgoole Company

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:

Recommended in non-surgical cases for those weaknesses and disorders which have heretofore been known as female complaints. After 40 years this medicine is considered by us an excellent rememdy for female complaints. For Maid or Matron, it is specially recommended for young girls just entering womanhood, and for those at the "turn of life."

Dose: 1 tablespoonful 3 times a day, taken in water or water and sugar

The label on the side of the box reads: "For Maid and Matron: This is not a sweetened Stomach Bitters, recommended for any and everything that the flesh is heir to, but it is a Prescription formulated expressly for the relief of disease for which it is recommended."

Credit Line

Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration

date made

after 1906

ca 1910

ID Number

MG.274347.224

catalog number

274347.224

accession number

274347

Object Name

otc preparation

Other Terms

Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid

Physical Description

alcohol, 18.5% (drug active ingredients)

glass (container material)

paper (container material)

cork (container material)

Measurements

box: 8 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 in; 21.9075 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.08 cm

bottle: 8 3/8 in x 3 in x 1 15/16 in; 21.2725 cm x 7.62 cm x 4.92125 cm

place made

United States: Kentucky, Louisville

See more items in

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

American Enterprise

Menstruation: Symptom Relief

Balm of America

Exhibition

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Bitters

Women's Health Products

Women's Health

Menstruation

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4a31-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_715613