Lydia E. Pinkham's Pills for Constipation
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: For producing bowel movements. Tiny vegetable laxative pills that are easy to swallow. Adults: Some persons may need stronger laxatives than others and according to such needs one to three pills should be taken at bedtime, as indicated for occasional constipation. Not for use by children. Caution: not to be used when abdominal pain (stomach ache, cramps, colic) nausea, vomiting (stomach sickness) or other symptoms of appendicitis are present. Frequent or continued use of this preparation may result in dependence on laxatives.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lynn
topic: label: Subject
content: Laxatives
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Balm of America
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1978.0883.198
label: accession number
content: 1978.0883
label: catalog number
content: 1978.0883.198
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: gamboge (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: mandrake (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: culver's root (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 3/4 in; 3.4925 cm x 4.7625 cm x 1.905 cm