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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

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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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  • Dr H F Peery's Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Hand's Pleasant Physic

    National Museum of American History

  • Hemaboloids

    National Museum of American History

  • Vicks Nose and Throat Drops

    National Museum of American History

  • Lung Germine

    National Museum of American History

  • Honegar

    National Museum of American History

  • Cascasweet

    National Museum of American History

  • Mountain Herb Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Zaegel's Cough Balsam

    National Museum of American History

  • P.S.C.

    National Museum of American History

  • Estes Petro Colon Antiseptici

    National Museum of American History

  • Terraline

    National Museum of American History

  • Traxo

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Flint's Quaker Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • H.R. Stevens' Familine Family Balsam

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Donnelly's Tonic Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Fritillaria Verticellata & Loquat

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr G H Tichenor's Antiseptic Refrigerant

    National Museum of American History

  • One Minute Cough Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • New-Skin

    National Museum of American History

  • Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Hoff's Malt Extract (Tarrant's)

    National Museum of American History

  • Rhodes' Lung Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Freligh's Liver Medicine

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Massage Liniment

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr M Hermance's Asthma and Hay Fever Medicine

    National Museum of American History

  • Angeline for Rheumatic Fever

    National Museum of American History

  • Pineoleum

    National Museum of American History

  • Tongaline

    National Museum of American History

  • Febriline

    National Museum of American History

  • Chamberlain's Cough Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Loxol Pain-Expeller

    National Museum of American History
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