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maker: S. Pfeiffer Manufacturing Company

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: An Astringent Solution. Inject a small syringeful immediately after urinationg three or four times a day. Hold the solution in the urethra (water passage) a few minutes so it can come in contact with the tissues ans thoroughly cleaness the affected parts.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina

ID Number: 1980.0698.092
catalog number: 1980.0698.092
accession number: 1980.0698

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

Physical Description: cardboard (overall material); glass bottle (overall material)
Measurements: box: 5 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 14.605 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm; bottle: 5 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 13.6525 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cm

place made: United States: Missouri, St. Louis

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: STD Drugs

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