Mansfield's Mississippi Cordial

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maker: Van Vleet Laboratories

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:; An astringent used internally for the relief of the discomfort due to mild diarrheas caused by injudicious use of of foods, especially unripe fruits and vegetables
Location: Currently not on view

Date made: after 1938

ID Number: MG.M-10426.31
catalog number: M-10426
accession number: 246707

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

Physical Description: ethyl alcohol (drug active ingredients); glass; cardboard (overall packaging material); extracts of logwood (drug active ingredients); krameria (drug active ingredients); camphor (drug active ingredients); oil of peppermint (drug active ingredients)
Measurements: box: 5 in x 2 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm; bottle: 4 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 7/8 in; 11.7475 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.2225 cm

Place Made: United States: Tennessee, Memphis

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Diarrhea Drugs; Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
collection: G.E. Damon Collection

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nmah_716226

NMAH

MANSFIELD'S MISSISSIPPI CORDIAL

National Museum of American History

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Record ID: nmah_716226