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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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  • Zonitors Vaginal Suppositories

    National Museum of American History

  • K. & M. Effervescent Bromo Caffeine

    National Museum of American History

  • Ripans Tabules, Chocolate Coated

    National Museum of American History

  • Cogesic-16

    National Museum of American History

  • Haarlem Oil

    National Museum of American History

  • Po-Da-Cro Laxative Cold Tablets Blue Kind

    National Museum of American History

  • Brodhead's Vegetable Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • British Oil

    National Museum of American History

  • Mexsana

    National Museum of American History

  • K. & M. Effervescent Bromo Caffeine

    National Museum of American History

  • Liv-O-Kids

    National Museum of American History

  • Corby's Liver Granules

    National Museum of American History

  • Brodhead's Vegetable Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • Liv-O-Kids

    National Museum of American History

  • Solvax

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Chi-Ches-Ters Pills Diamond Brand

    National Museum of American History

  • Weismann's Bitterer Ansatz

    National Museum of American History

  • McKessons Sulfur and Cream of Tartar Lozenges

    National Museum of American History

  • Cystogen

    National Museum of American History

  • K. & M. Effervescent Bromo Caffeine

    National Museum of American History

  • Lanacane

    National Museum of American History

  • Quirk's Irish Tea

    National Museum of American History

  • Burtone Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Unguentine Rectal Cones, 12

    National Museum of American History

  • Urictone Kidney Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • K. & M. Effervescent Bromo Caffeine

    National Museum of American History

  • K-Y Lubricating Jelly

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Simmons Renovator Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Rocky Mountain Tea

    National Museum of American History

  • U.S. Army and Navy Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr Agnews Rheumatic Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Laxadors

    National Museum of American History

  • Nowland's Petrolin Petroleum Jelly

    National Museum of American History
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