Blackburn's Compound Essence Mentho-Laxene
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910s
name: label: maker
content: Blackburn Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: It has a mild laxative action if taken regularly for colds, coughs, catarrh, huskiness, hoarseness, etc., and thus it tends to prevent the accumulation of poisonous waste matter in the system.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Ohio, Dayton
topic: label: Subject
content: Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard W. Pollay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0018.224
label: accession number
content: 2008.0018
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0018.224
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Object Type
content: OTC Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: alcohol 16% (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: menthol (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: wild cherry (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: cascara (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: tolu (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: grindelia (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: am. chloride (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 6 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 15.875 cm x 5.3975 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 5 7/8 in x 2 in x 1 1/8 in; 14.9225 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.8575 cm