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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, 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, paper-wrapped package of Unicorn (Aletris farinosa) roots. Unicorn root is a flowering herb shrub that grows in the eastern United States. It has been used to reli [...]
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Small, paper-wrapped package of Mandrake (Podophyllum Peltatum) roots. The mandrake is an herb that is native to the Mediterranean region. The root of the mandrake, which [...]
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Small, leather case with gold lettering containing seventeen small glass vials of homeopathic concoctions. This handy kit of homeopathic concoctions was created by Boeric [...]
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Small, gold and black metal tin for Watkin's Laxative Cold & Grip Tablets. These laxative tablet, created by the J. R. Watkins Co., also claimed to reduce the headach [...]
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Small, dark brown glass bottle with white label for Premarin tablets. Premarin is an estrogen medication developed by Wyeth Pharmaceuticals in 1942. The name comes from i [...]
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Red cardboard box and a glass medicine bottle full of brown liquid labled "Dr. Kilmer's Swamp Root." A homeopathic physician, Dr. Sylvester Andral Kilmer founded his labo [...]
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Small, blue and cream, paper-wrapped package of Pennyroyal (Hedeoma Pulegloides) leaves. Pennyroyal has documented usage dating back to the ancient Greek and Roman cultur [...]
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Red, rectangle, cardboard box for Schoenfeld Tea. This herbal tea, created by S. Pfeiffer Manufacturing Co., was intended to act as a laxative and diuretic.
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