Trial Bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption

Object Details

maker

H.E. Bucklen and Company

Description

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

By taking the contents of this small bottle, you will readily perceive the remarkable curative qualities of this great New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs, Colds, and all Diseases of the Throat, Chest and Lungs, which will convince you of its wonderful merits, and show you what can be done by a regular one dollar size bottle. Give it a trial. Dose for adults one teaspoonful every three hours.

Proprietary (patent) medicine makers employed a wide array of advertising and marketing techniques to sell their products. The free sample, or trial size, was one of these. Dr. King's New Discovery, developed by Dr. Z. L. King of Elkhart, Indianna, was purchased by Herbert E. Bucklen around 1878. Bucklen spent lavishly on advertising which brought national recognition to his New Discovery and other medicines.

Location

Currently not on view

date made

ca 1905

ID Number

MG.293320.1232

catalog number

293320.1232

accession number

293320

Object Name

otc preparation

Bottle, Medicine

Other Terms

Drugs

Measurements

overall: 4 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 11.1125 cm x 3.175 cm x 1.905 cm

place made

United States: Illinois, Chicago

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Work and Industry: Agriculture and Natural Resources

Health & Medicine

American Enterprise

Balm of America

Data Source

National Museum of American History

Subject

Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d6b8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record ID

nmah_1298457