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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 [...]
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Small, paper-wrapped package of Boxwood Bark (Cornus florida) pieces. Otherwise known as flowering dogwood, this plant was used to treat colic pains, headaches and backac [...]
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Small, cream-colored cardboard box with green lettering for Clover Leaf Catarrh Remedy. This remedy, created by the Clover Leaf Pharmacy, was designed to improve the symp [...]
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Small, paper-wrapped package of Cramp Bark (Viburnum opulus) pieces. As the name suggests, this plant is used for relief from muscle spasms, menstrual cramps, and pregnan [...]
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Small, green and white, metal tin labled "Dr. Guild's Green Mountain Asthmatic Compound." This asthmatic medicine was designed to work through inhalation. The user would [...]
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Small, green and black, circular metal tins labled as "Dr. Pierce's Antiseptic and Healing Suppositories." These vaginal suppositories claimed to purify, deodorize, and p [...]
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Cream-colored box with red and black lettering for Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription bottle. Dr. Ray Vaughn Pierce was the nation's leading seller of mail-order patent m [...]
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Small, orange, metal tin labled "Du Bois Pecific Pills." Not much is known about this medicine or the company that created it. Records from the U.S. Department of Chemist [...]
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Small, cream-colored, cardboard box for Lydia E. Pinkham's Pills for Constipation. These laxative pills were created by Lydia E. Pinkham Company to help with constipation [...]
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Small glass bottle containing brown liquid with a handwritten label that says "Lysol." Lysol Disinfectant has a long history as a cleaning product, douche, contraceptive, [...]
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