Ex-Lax The Chocolated Laxative

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Object Details

maker: Ex-Lax Manufacturing Company

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

Credit Line: Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden

Date made: after 1939

ID Number: 1979.0798.101
accession number: 1979.0798
catalog number: 1979.0798.101

Object Name: otc preparation
Other Terms: Laxative; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Measurements: overall: 1 cm x 4.3 cm x 4.2 cm; 3/8 in x 1 11/16 in x 1 5/8 in; overall: 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 3/8 in; 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm x .9525 cm

place made: United States: New York, Brooklyn

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Laxatives

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nmah_718924

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EX-LAX THE CHOCOLATED LAXATIVE

National Museum of American History

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Record ID: nmah_718924