TY  - GEN
N2  - Small, circular, cardboard container with a yellow and red label for Beecham's Patent Pills. Beecham's Pills were created by English chemist Thomas Beecham in 1842. They were marketed as a laxative but also claimed to cure such things as headache, dizziness, pain, stomach spasms, lowness of spirits, nervous affectations, pimples, bad legs, and menstrual derangements. These pills, composed of aloe, powdered soap, and powdered ginger, were actually effective laxatives and were very popular. Beecham's pharmaceutical company eventually merged with an American company, GlaxoSmithKline, who continues to use the Beecham's brand name to this day.
DO  - 10.6083/bpxhc42252
DO  - doi
AB  - Small, circular, cardboard container with a yellow and red label for Beecham's Patent Pills. Beecham's Pills were created by English chemist Thomas Beecham in 1842. They were marketed as a laxative but also claimed to cure such things as headache, dizziness, pain, stomach spasms, lowness of spirits, nervous affectations, pimples, bad legs, and menstrual derangements. These pills, composed of aloe, powdered soap, and powdered ginger, were actually effective laxatives and were very popular. Beecham's pharmaceutical company eventually merged with an American company, GlaxoSmithKline, who continues to use the Beecham's brand name to this day.
T1  - Beecham's Patent Pills
DA  - undated
CY  - Niagra Falls, NY
L1  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42252/files/PPC-XXXX.123-Beechams-Patent-Pills.jpg
PP  - Niagra Falls, NY
LA  - eng
PY  - undated
ID  - 42252
L4  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42252/files/PPC-XXXX.123-Beechams-Patent-Pills.jpg
KW  - Laxatives
KW  - Nonprescription Drugs
KW  - Patent medicines
TI  - Beecham's Patent Pills
L2  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42252/files/PPC-XXXX.123-Beechams-Patent-Pills.jpg
LK  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42252/files/PPC-XXXX.123-Beechams-Patent-Pills.jpg
UR  - https://digitalcollections.ohsu.edu/record/42252/files/PPC-XXXX.123-Beechams-Patent-Pills.jpg
ER  -