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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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  • Medicine 194 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid 57 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Drugs 42 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Baume Begune

    National Museum of American History
  • Chamberlain's Pain Balm

    National Museum of American History
  • Dr Agnew's Rheumatic Pills

    National Museum of American History
  • Maximum Strength Encaprin

    National Museum of American History
  • Dr. Whitehall's Rheumatic Remedy

    National Museum of American History
  • Chamberlain's Pain-Balm

    National Museum of American History
  • California Paradise Oil

    National Museum of American History
  • Dr Simmons Aspirin Laxative Tablets

    National Museum of American History
  • La-Cu-Pi-A

    National Museum of American History
  • Kickapoo Indian Sagwa: Blood, Liver, Stomach and Kidney Renovator

    National Museum of American History
  • Detachon's Mystic Cure

    National Museum of American History
  • Allan's Compound Extract of Celery

    National Museum of American History
  • Act-On

    National Museum of American History
  • Stanley's Instant Headache Cure

    National Museum of American History
  • Blair's Pills

    National Museum of American History
  • Payne's Quick Relief

    National Museum of American History
  • Act-On

    National Museum of American History
  • Roche's Embrocation

    National Museum of American History
  • S. B. Goff's Magic Oil Liniment

    National Museum of American History
  • Concentrated "Barkola" Compound

    National Museum of American History
  • Dr Walker's Vinegar Bitters

    National Museum of American History
  • Kickapoo Indian Sagwa Renovator

    National Museum of American History
  • Leonardi's Elixir for the Blood

    National Museum of American History
  • Nelaton's Remedy for Rheumatism, Gout and Neuralgia

    National Museum of American History
  • Bishop's Liniment, For the Aches and Pains of Man or Beast

    National Museum of American History
  • Lallemand Rheumatism, Gout & Neuralgia Treatment

    National Museum of American History
  • Chamberlain's Pain-Balm

    National Museum of American History
  • Beck's Great Indian Liniment

    National Museum of American History
  • Emerson's Rheumatic Cure

    National Museum of American History
  • Dr. Clifton's Brazilian Oil

    National Museum of American History
  • St Jacobs Oil

    National Museum of American History
  • Ancestral Oil

    National Museum of American History
  • Mentholatum

    National Museum of American History
  • White Liniment

    National Museum of American History
  • SPC Analgesic Balm

    National Museum of American History

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