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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

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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  • Colchi-Sal Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. J. Collis Browne's Chlorodyne

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Coderre's Purgative Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Hoff's Malt Extract (Tarrant's)

    National Museum of American History

  • Condal Water Rubinat

    National Museum of American History

  • Chuan Xin Lian Antiphlogistic Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Holloway's Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Apollinaris-Brunnen M-W No. 9/P Mineral Water

    National Museum of American History

  • Dehaut's Purgative Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Cure "Himrod"

    National Museum of American History

  • Pepsine Boudault (Vin De Boudault)

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. De Sanctis's Rheumatic and Gout Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Sirop Iode

    National Museum of American History

  • Fayard and Blayn's Paper

    National Museum of American History

  • Aerophagyl

    National Museum of American History

  • Radios

    National Museum of American History

  • Metaphyllin

    National Museum of American History

  • Bosak's Horke Vino

    National Museum of American History

  • Carlsbader Sprudel Salz (Carlsbad Sprudel-Salts)

    National Museum of American History

  • Iodo-Vasogen 6%

    National Museum of American History

  • Rhinoceros Bezoar Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Jiow-Shenn Tonic Pill

    National Museum of American History

  • Le Renoil

    National Museum of American History

  • Graefenberg's Vegetable Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Wei's Tablets

    National Museum of American History
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