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Kickapoo Sagwa

American History Museum

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  • Kickapoo Sagwa
  • Kickapoo Sagwa

    Object Details

    maker
    Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company
    Description
    The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For the relief of biliousness, constipation, sluggish liver. Sagwa relieves those conditions dependant on constipation or sluggish bowels such as sick headache, sour stomach, loss of appetite, bad breath, biliousness.
    Location
    Currently not on view
    Credit Line
    Gift of Richard Holstein
    date made
    after 1917
    ID Number
    2008.0062.29
    accession number
    2008.0062
    catalog number
    2008.0062.29
    Object Name
    otc preparation
    Physical Description
    paper (container material)
    glass (container material)
    alcohol, 9 1/2% (drug active ingredients)
    sodium bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)
    gentian (drug active ingredients)
    mandrake (drug active ingredients)
    uva ursi (drug active ingredients)
    rhubarb (drug active ingredients)
    senna (drug active ingredients)
    aniseed (drug active ingredients)
    coriander seed (drug active ingredients)
    red cinchona bark (drug active ingredients)
    yellow dock (drug active ingredients)
    dandelion (drug active ingredients)
    cascara sagrada (drug active ingredients)
    licorice (drug active ingredients)
    aloes (drug active ingredients)
    glycerine (drug active ingredients)
    water (drug active ingredients)
    Measurements
    overall: 23.5 cm x 7.8 cm x 5 cm; 9 1/4 in x 3 1/16 in x 1 15/16 in
    Place Made
    United States: Missouri, St. Louis
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    Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
    Health & Medicine
    Balm of America
    Data Source
    National Museum of American History
    Subject
    Blood & Liver Drugs
    Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
    Laxatives
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-94e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    nmah_1352240
    NMAH
    KICKAPOO SAGWA
    National Museum of American History
    CC0
    Metadata Usage
    CC0
    Link to Original Record
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ac-94e9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    Record ID
    nmah_1352240
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