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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

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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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  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Rexall Gypsy Cream

    National Museum of American History

  • Ligget's Opeko Tea

    National Museum of American History

  • Hi-Vi-Tol (High Vitamin Oil), Halibut Liver Oil, 100 Soluble Gelatin Capsules

    National Museum of American History

  • Cuticura Resolvent

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • King's Puremalt

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Brown's Bronchial Troches

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Puretest Epsom Salt

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Vinol

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    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

  • Wilton's Cattarh Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Cuticura Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Vegetable Pectoral Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Patch's Old Fashioned Ginger Tea Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Peruvian Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Hollis' Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History
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