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  • Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection
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Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection

Therapeutic Use Categories

American History Museum

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Select a therapeutic use category below to browse the objects in the Balm of America group:

  • Aphrodisiacs & Potency Drugs
  • Bitters
  • Blood & Liver Drugs
  • Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
  • Diabetes
  • Fever & Chill Drugs
  • First Aid Products & Antiseptics
  • Foot Products
  • Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
  • Kidney & Urinary Drugs
  • Laxatives
  • Mineral Water
  • Nerve & Brain Drugs
  • Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
  • Respiratory & Asthma Drugs
  • Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs
  • Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
  • Skin & Dermatology Drugs
  • STD Drugs
  • Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins
  • Vermifuges & Parasiticides
  • Women’s Health Products

Search Tip:

To search the collections for a specific condition or disease (for example: Asthma, Consumption, Dyspepsia) use the keyword search.

Medical Glossaries and History on the Web:

  • Glossary of medical terms used in the 18th and 19th centuries
  • History of drug regulation and the 1906 Food and Drug Act: Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

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  • DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve

    National Museum of American History

  • Crampton's Home Tablets No. 9 Tonic

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. E. C. West's Nerve and Brain Treatment

    National Museum of American History

  • Glycogen de Nitis

    National Museum of American History

  • Crampton's Home Tablets No. 1 Constipation

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Mme. L. Riopelle's Blood Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Renovator

    National Museum of American History

  • Otto's Cure: the German Remedy for Throat and Lung Diseases

    National Museum of American History

  • Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Nelaton's Remedy for Rheumatism, Gout and Neuralgia

    National Museum of American History

  • Lilly's Granular Effervescent Vichy

    National Museum of American History

  • Doctor H H Kanes Buchu

    National Museum of American History

  • St Bernard Vegetable Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Pain-Balm

    National Museum of American History

  • Beck's Great Indian Liniment

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. A. W. Chase K-L Liver Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Cascasweet

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Clifton's Brazilian Oil

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr Herman's Vegetable Catarrh Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • Mormon Elders' Damiana Wafers

    National Museum of American History

  • Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Pean's French Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Pettit's American Eye Water

    National Museum of American History

  • Antikamnia & Quinine Tablets, 5 Grain

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Leo's Breathene

    National Museum of American History

  • Rush's Pills Vegetable Purgative

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Pain Balm

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Bicola Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Kickapoo Indian Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Harter's Liver Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Brioschi

    National Museum of American History
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