Brandreth's Pills
date: label: Date made
content: 1830-1868
label: date made
content: 1835-1868
name: label: Associated Name
content: Brandreth Pill Works
label: maker
content: Benjamin Brandreth
label: maker
content: Brandreth Pill Works
notes: label: Description
content: Benjamin Brandreth (1809-1880) was an Englishman who moved to the United States in 1835, hoping to find a market for the “Vegetable Universal Pill” invented by his grandfather, William Brandreth. According to his obituary, he was “the first of the family to conceive the idea of enlarging the business by the free use of printer’s ink.” Among his advertising material was the lengthy book, The Doctrine of Purgation, Curiosities from Ancient and Modern Literature, from Hippocrates and Other Medical Writers (New York, 1867 and later).
label: Description
content: Ref: “BENJAMIN BRANDRETH,” New York Times (Feb. 20, 1880), p. 2.
label: Description
content: [No indications or uses for this product are provided on its packaging.]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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: Balm of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.293320.1162
label: catalog number
content: 293320.1162
label: accession number
content: 293320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.5 cm x 1.5 cm x 5.2 cm; in x 9/16 in x 2 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 1.5875 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm