Alka-Tone
date: label: Date made
content: 1840-1870
name: label: maker
content: Bristol-Myers Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: treatment of indigestion, either stomachic or intestinal, with sluggishness of the hepatic functions and constipation
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
topic: label: Subject
content: Laxatives
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
label: See more items in
content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John C. Helenore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07234
label: catalog number
content: M-07234
label: accession number
content: 220009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: alcohol 20% (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: sodium sallcylate 4 grains (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: sodium benzoate 1 grain (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: clinton cascara active 10 minims (overall active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 17.145 cm x 6.6675 cm x 4.1275 cm