The Little M.D.
notes: label: Description
content: Advertisements boasted that The Little M.D. Miracold Dispenser, an electrically-operated device for vaporizing liquids, offered fast relief from colds, asthma, hayfever, various sinus problems, and other airborne diseases. The firm was convicted of unprovable claims in 1950. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration transferred this example to the Smithsonian in 1967.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.274347.127
label: patent number
content: 2,668,993
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content: 160,570
label: accession number
content: 274347
label: catalog number
content: 274347.127
objectType: label: Object Name
content: The Little M.D. Miracold
label: Object Name
content: device, medical
label: Object Name
content: quack device
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
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content: glass (overall material)
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content: metal (overall material)
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content: plastic (overall material)
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content: rubber (overall material)
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content: plaster (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, as stored with coiled cord: 4 in x 4 1/2 in x 4 1/2 in; 10.16 cm x 11.43 cm x 11.43 cm