Hood's Sarsatabs

Object Details

maker

C. I. Hood and Company

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:

For scrofula, scrofulous humors, scald head, syphilitic affections, ringworms, eczema or salt rheum, boils, pimples and humors on the face, rheumatism, catarrh, headache, dizziness, faintness at the stomach, constipation, pains in the back, female weakness, general debility, costiveness, biliousness, and all diseases arising from an impure state or low condition of the blood. Sarsatabs assist nature to expel from the system all impure and effete matter through the lungs, liver, kidneys and skin, aid all weak and debilitated organs, invigorate the nervous system, and impart new life and energy.

Location

Currently not on view

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. James Harvey Young

Date made

1908-1918

ID Number

1989.0711.51

accession number

1989.0711

catalog number

1989.0711.51

Object Name

otc preparation

Physical Description

sarsaparilla (drug active ingredients)

mandrake (drug active ingredients)

gentian (drug active ingredients)

dock (drug active ingredients)

dandelion (drug active ingredients)

Measurements

overall: 11.6 cm x 4.5 cm x 4.5 cm; 4 9/16 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in

overall: 4 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 4.7625 cm x 4.7625 cm

Place Made

United States: Massachusetts, Lowell

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

Health & Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Indigestion & Nausea Drugs

Skin & Dermatology Drugs

STD Drugs

Blood & Liver Drugs

Women's Health Products

Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs

Laxatives

Women's Health

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-62e0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_748940