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  • Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection
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  • Therapeutic Use Categories

Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection

Therapeutic Use Categories

American History Museum

Browse:

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)

  • National Museum of American History 74 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Powley's Liquified Ozone

    National Museum of American History

  • Wampole's Syrup Hypophosphites Compound

    National Museum of American History

  • Bottle

    National Museum of American History

  • Twitchell Champlin & Co. Neuralgic Anodyne

    National Museum of American History

  • Renne's Pain Killing Magic Oil

    National Museum of American History

  • Lydia E. Pinkham's Medicine

    National Museum of American History

  • J.R. Stafford's Olive Tar

    National Museum of American History

  • Foley's Cream

    National Museum of American History

  • True Cephalic Snuff

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. S.N. Thomas' Eclectric Oil

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Jayne's Expectorant

    National Museum of American History

  • "Doct Robt B Folger's Olosaonian"

    National Museum of American History

  • Larkin Dema-Bond

    National Museum of American History

  • Davis Vegetable Pain Killer

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. W. B. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin

    National Museum of American History

  • Ballard Snow Liniment

    National Museum of American History

  • Sanford's Jamaica Ginger

    National Museum of American History

  • Bottle

    National Museum of American History

  • Pierre Cartier's Medicine

    National Museum of American History

  • Ayer's Pectoral

    National Museum of American History

  • Jacques Ess Jamaica Ginger

    National Museum of American History

  • Burnham's Beef, Wine, & Iron

    National Museum of American History

  • Paine's Celery Compound

    National Museum of American History

  • Johnson's American Anodyne Liniment

    National Museum of American History

  • Florida Water

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. True's Elixir

    National Museum of American History

  • Scott's Emulsion

    National Museum of American History

  • Protonuclein Special Powder

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • otc preparation

    National Museum of American History

  • WHITWELL'S PATENT VOLATILE AROMATIC & HEADACHE SNUFF

    National Museum of American History

  • Gray's Syrup of Red Spruce Gum

    National Museum of American History

  • Murine Eye Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Hall's Catarrh Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • St. Jakobs Oel

    National Museum of American History
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