Vendol

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retailer: Sherman Pharmacy
distributor: Vendol Company

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:; Promotes bowel activity
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt

date made: after 1924

ID Number: 1985.0460.108
accession number: 1985.0460
catalog number: 1985.0460.108

Object Name: otc preparation
Object Type: Drugs

Physical Description: alcohol,12 % (drug active ingredients); aloin (drug active ingredients); senna (drug active ingredients); poke root (drug active ingredients); licorice root (drug active ingredients); dandelion (drug active ingredients); black cohosh (drug active ingredients); anise seed (drug active ingredients); gentian root (drug active ingredients); may apple (drug active ingredients); yellow dock (drug active ingredients); queen's root (drug active ingredients); culver's root (drug active ingredients); soda bicarbonate (drug active ingredients); potassium bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)
Measurements: box: 7 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 18.415 cm x 7.9375 cm x 4.1275 cm; bottle: 6 1/4 in x 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 15.875 cm x 7.3025 cm x 3.4925 cm

place made: United States: Maryland, Baltimore

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine; Health & Medicine; Balm of America; Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Laxatives

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VENDOL

National Museum of American History

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Record ID: nmah_209887