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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 114 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Medicine 113 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Drugs 32 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid 27 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid 21 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Patent Medicines; Drugs 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Bottled Water 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Diuretic Stimulant for the Kidneys; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Patent Medicine 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Balm of America 114 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Reid Pharmacy, Clifton, Illinois 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • First Do No Harm 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Health & Medicine 67 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Blood & Liver Drugs 47 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Indigestion & Nausea Drugs 29 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs 28 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Laxatives 25 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Pain & Neuralgia Drugs 15 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Fever & Chill Drugs 13 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Nerve & Brain Drugs 13 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • G.E. Damon Collection 12 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Women's Health Products 11 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Diabetes 9 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Bitters 8 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Respiratory & Asthma Drugs 6 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins 6 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Drugs 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Menstruation: Symptom Relief 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Reid Pharmacy, Clifton, Illinois 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • STD Drugs 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Skin & Dermatology Drugs 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Mineral Water 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Vermifuges & Parasiticides 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • NR Jrs, Nature's Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Barkola Globes

    National Museum of American History

  • Ramon's Brownie Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Alexander's Liver and Kidney Tonic

    National Museum of American History

  • Akerue! French Liver and Kidney Regulator

    National Museum of American History

  • Liv-O-Kids

    National Museum of American History

  • DeWitt's Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Liv-O-Kids

    National Museum of American History

  • Solvax

    National Museum of American History

  • DeWitt's Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Kellogg's Brown Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Holloway's Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Young's Combination Tablets No 3

    National Museum of American History

  • Alexander's Liver and Kidney Tonic

    National Museum of American History

  • Foley Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Brown Herb Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr Hilton's Life for Liver and Kidneys

    National Museum of American History

  • Warner's Safe Diabetes Remedy

    National Museum of American History

  • Allan's DI-CO

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root

    National Museum of American History

  • Health-O Diuretic Tablets

    National Museum of American History

  • Warner's Safe Diabetes Cure

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Swayne's Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Solvax

    National Museum of American History

  • Takoma Lithia Water

    National Museum of American History

  • Cinot Tonic

    National Museum of American History

  • Doan's Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • K.K. Cures Bright's Disease and Cystitis

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Spiegel's Stomach & Liver Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Fulton's Renal Compound

    National Museum of American History

  • Planten's C&C or Black Capsules

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr Hilton's Life for Liver and Kidneys

    National Museum of American History

  • Brown's Compound Concentrated Fluid Extract of Buchu

    National Museum of American History

  • Lazy Liver Pills

    National Museum of American History

  • Warner's Compound

    National Museum of American History
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