Object Details
- Associated Name
- Brandreth Pill Works
- Benjamin Brandreth
- Brandreth Pill Works
- Description
- Benjamin Brandreth (1809-1880) was an Englishman who moved to the United States in 1835, hoping to find a market for the “Vegetable Universal Pill” invented by his grandfather, William Brandreth. According to his obituary, he was “the first of the family to conceive the idea of enlarging the business by the free use of printer’s ink.” Among his advertising material was the lengthy book, The Doctrine of Purgation, Curiosities from Ancient and Modern Literature, from Hippocrates and Other Medical Writers (New York, 1867 and later).
- Ref: “BENJAMIN BRANDRETH,” New York Times (Feb. 20, 1880), p. 2.
- [No indications or uses for this product are provided on its packaging.]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1830-1868
- 1835-1868
- ID Number
- MG.293320.1162
- catalog number
- 293320.1162
- accession number
- 293320
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Drugs
- Measurements
- overall: 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm x 5.2 cm; in x 9/16 in x 2 1/16 in
- overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm
- Place Made
- United States: New York, New York City
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Laxatives
- Record ID
- nmah_1298210
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-c423-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
