Hostetter's Celebrated Stomachic Bitters
date: label: date made
content: ca 1940
label: date made
content: 1938-1959
name: label: maker
content: Hostetter Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
label: Description
content: A good general tonic. Beneficial in convalescence. An excellent stimulant to the appetite. A caminative, mildly laxative, beneficial in colic due to gas.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh
topic: label: Subject
content: Bitters
label: Subject
content: Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
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
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: 1980.0428.16
label: accession number
content: 1980.0428
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0428.16
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: alcohol, 25% (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: nux vomica (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: strychnine, 0.0125 gr per fl oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: cinchona (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: calamus (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: culver's root (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: ginger (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: anise (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in; 22.5425 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm