Object Details
- J. P. Dromgoole Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Recommended in non-surgical cases for those weaknesses and disorders which have heretofore been known as female complaints. After 40 years this medicine is considered by us an excellent rememdy for female complaints. For Maid or Matron, it is specially recommended for young girls just entering womanhood, and for those at the "turn of life."
- Dose: 1 tablespoonful 3 times a day, taken in water or water and sugar
- The label on the side of the box reads: "For Maid and Matron: This is not a sweetened Stomach Bitters, recommended for any and everything that the flesh is heir to, but it is a Prescription formulated expressly for the relief of disease for which it is recommended."
- Credit Line
- Department of Health, Education and Welfare, Food and Drug Administration
- after 1906
- ca 1910
- ID Number
- MG.274347.224
- catalog number
- 274347.224
- accession number
- 274347
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
- Physical Description
- alcohol, 18.5% (drug active ingredients)
- glass (container material)
- paper (container material)
- cork (container material)
- Measurements
- box: 8 5/8 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 in; 21.9075 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.08 cm
- bottle: 8 3/8 in x 3 in x 1 15/16 in; 21.2725 cm x 7.62 cm x 4.92125 cm
- place made
- United States: Kentucky, Louisville
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- American Enterprise
- Menstruation: Symptom Relief
- Balm of America
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Bitters
- Women's Health Products
- Women's Health
- Menstruation
- Record ID
- nmah_715613
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4a31-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
