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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)

  • National Museum of American History 117 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Medicine 117 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Drugs 21 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs 28 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Indigestion & Nausea Drugs 25 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Laxatives 22 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Pain & Neuralgia Drugs 16 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Respiratory & Asthma Drugs 15 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Blood & Liver Drugs 14 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • G.E. Damon Collection 14 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs 12 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Rubs, Liniments & Ointments 9 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Beauty and Health 8 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Nerve & Brain Drugs 7 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Skin & Dermatology Drugs 7 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls 6 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • First Aid Products & Antiseptics 6 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Aseptinol Compound

    National Museum of American History

  • Salvation Oil

    National Museum of American History

  • Q-623

    National Museum of American History

  • Dart Drug Aspirin

    National Museum of American History

  • Dewee's Carminative

    National Museum of American History

  • Rose-Vel

    National Museum of American History

  • Anaesthesine Lonzenges

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Petzold's Genuine German Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Reliable Brand Headache Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Bee Brand White Pine and Tar Cough Syrup Compound

    National Museum of American History

  • Johnson's Perfection Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Artificial Carsbad Salt, N.F.V., Granular Effervescent, 4 Ounces

    National Museum of American History

  • Forrest's Juniper Tar Compound

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Bull's Baltimore Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Mayers' Magnetic Catarrh Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Sanford's Vegetable Anti-Bilious Liver Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Seidlitz Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • REL for Head Colds - An Improved Ephedrine

    National Museum of American History

  • Fettle

    National Museum of American History

  • Bateman's Drops

    National Museum of American History

  • Judson's Autox-Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Kohler Antidote

    National Museum of American History

  • Blass' Asthma Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Smith's Rosebud Salve

    National Museum of American History

  • Bull's Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Yu-Kan-Ine

    National Museum of American History

  • Bishop's Reliable Cough Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr Wood's Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Packett's Aspirin

    National Museum of American History

  • Steele & Richardson's Nature's Herbs of Life Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Red Cloud Liver Berries

    National Museum of American History

  • No. 6 Rheumatic Drops

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. DeWitts Cough and Cold Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Q-623

    National Museum of American History

  • Laxadors

    National Museum of American History
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