Advertising Token
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on one side of this token reads “DR. D. L. FLEMMING / 635 / VINE ST. / COR. 7TH ST. / PHILA.” That on the other side reads “N. B. LEIDY / BLOOD / PURIFIER / 217 N. 6TH ST / PHILA PA." Napoleon Bonaparte Leidy (1811-1865) was a graduate of the Department of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, and proprietor of Dr. N. B. Leidy’s Health Emporium, and Wholesale and Retail Drug & Chemical Warehouse in Philadelphia. His blood purifier was on the market by 1833.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: J. William Rosenthal, MD
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1986.0455.01
label: accession number
content: 1986.0455
label: catalog number
content: 1986.0455.01
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Token
label: Object Name
content: coin
label: Other Terms
content: Token; Medicine
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1/16 in x 7/8 in; .15875 cm x 2.2225 cm