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  • Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection
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  • Therapeutic Use Categories

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 35 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Medicine 35 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Drugs 14 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid 7 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Patent Medicines; Drugs 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • ?; Patent Medicines; Drugs 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Bottle, OTC Preparation 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Bottle, OTC Preparation; Bottle; Containers 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • 1880s 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Balm of America 35 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Medicine and Science: Medicine 35 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Health & Medicine 21 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Beauty and Health 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Reid Pharmacy, Clifton, Illinois 1 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Health & Medicine 21 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Indigestion & Nausea Drugs 10 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Blood & Liver Drugs 8 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Beauty and Health 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Fever & Chill Drugs 5 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Bitters 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Drugs 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Skin & Dermatology Drugs 4 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Kidney & Urinary Drugs 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Pain & Neuralgia Drugs 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Respiratory & Asthma Drugs 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Rubs, Liniments & Ointments 3 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • First Aid Products & Antiseptics 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • G.E. Damon Collection 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Infant & Children's Products - Pediatrics 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Laxatives 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
  • Women's Health Products 2 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus
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  • Not determined 35 Filter by term plus Exclude term minus

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  • Moses Dame's Wine of the Woods

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr H F Peery's Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • Jayne's P-W Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • DeWitt's Worm Candy

    National Museum of American History

  • Brodhead's Vegetable Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. J. Walker's California Vinegar Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Jayne's Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • DeWitt's Tablets for Round Worms

    National Museum of American History

  • Sherman's Worm Lozenges

    National Museum of American History

  • Newton's Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Frey's Vermifugue

    National Museum of American History

  • Compound Carbolated Ointment

    National Museum of American History

  • Brodhead's Vegetable Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • Hance Larkspur Lotion

    National Museum of American History

  • Ascarel

    National Museum of American History

  • Jayne's P.W. Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • Brodhead's Vegetable Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • Rollian's Gold Seal Herb Medicine

    National Museum of American History

  • Atwood's Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Moses Dame's Wine of the Woods

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr H F Peery's Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • Sit-I-Cide

    National Museum of American History

  • Tetterine - for Relieving Skin Irritations

    National Museum of American History

  • Newton's Jaundice Bitters

    National Museum of American History

  • Brodhead's Vegetable Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • Frey's Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • Prof. Field's Anti-Bilious Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • Brodhead's Vegetable Worm Powders

    National Museum of American History

  • Compound Carbolated Ointment

    National Museum of American History

  • Tupper's Compound Lotion Larkspur and Sabadilla

    National Museum of American History

  • Jayne's Vermifuge

    National Museum of American History

  • Dr. Hobson's Laxative Santonin Worm Syrup

    National Museum of American History

  • Prof. Field's Anti-Bilious Worm Powder

    National Museum of American History

  • Mother Winslow's Worm Syrup

    National Museum of American History
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