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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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  • Peacock's Bromides

    National Museum of American History

  • Peroxoids - Magnesium Superoxol

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Kay's Lung Balm

    National Museum of American History

  • Rhodes' Lung Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Cacaps

    National Museum of American History

  • Cure "Himrod"

    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

  • Scientific Electric Fluid

    National Museum of American History

  • Baker Croup and Whooping Cough Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Spencer's Fumigating Diphtheritic Pastilles - A Fumar Antiseptic for the Prophylactic and Specific Treatment of Diphtheria

    National Museum of American History

  • Sajodin - for Treatment of tuberculosis and thyroid disease

    National Museum of American History

  • Moyer's Oil of Gladness

    National Museum of American History

  • Hydrozone - A Powerful Destroyer of Bacteria, Microbes and Germs in the Human System

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. A. Langham's Lightning Liniment (3 L.L.L.)

    National Museum of American History

  • Crane's Quinine and Tar Compound

    National Museum of American History

  • Morgan's Hypophosphites

    National Museum of American History

  • Atophan - Trial Sample

    National Museum of American History
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