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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

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)

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  • Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • American Civil War (1861-1865) 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Tuttle's Elixir

    National Museum of American History

  • Canadian Healing Oil, A Universal Liniment

    National Museum of American History

  • Hammond's Liniment, For Man and Beast

    National Museum of American History

  • Brooks' Bears-Foot Ointment

    National Museum of American History

  • Taylor's Oil of Life - for Man or Beast

    National Museum of American History

  • Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powder - for the Prevention and Cure Hog Cholera, Chicken Cholera, and Cattle Plague

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil - for Man and Beast

    National Museum of American History

  • Farris Healing Remedy, Good For Man or Beast

    National Museum of American History

  • Gargling Oil Liniment, Man or Beast

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. A.C. Daniel's Danilax

    National Museum of American History
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