Dr. Schenck's Mandrake Pills
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1938
name: label: maker
content: Dr. J. H. Schenck & Son
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Blue cardboard box with gold print. White manufacturer seal with green print and images of two men. Seal unbroken.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Tennessee, Memphis
topic: label: Subject
content: Laxatives
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 William H. Helfand
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0678.36
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0678.36
label: accession number
content: 1980.0678
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: aloes (aloin); podophyllum; colocynth; capsicum (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2.2 cm x 5.9 cm x 3 cm; 7/8 in x 2 5/16 in x 1 3/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 3/4 in; 2.8575 cm x 6.0325 cm x 1.905 cm