Herrick Perforated Capsicum Plaster
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on the package reads, in part: “PREPARED FOR / DR. HERRICK’S FAMILY MEDICINE CO. / JAMES F. BALLARD, Proprietor / ST. LOUIS, MO., U.S.A.” Dr. Herrick (1816-1877) established a proprietary medicine business in Albany, N.Y., in the mid-1830s. James Franklin Ballard (1851-1931) established a pharmaceutical business in St. Louis in 1882, and collected oriental rugs.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.293320.0739
label: accession number
content: 293320
label: catalog number
content: 293320.0739
objectType: label: Object Name
content: plaster
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/8 in x 5 7/8 in x 8 5/8 in; .3175 cm x 14.9225 cm x 21.9075 cm