Ayer's Sarsaparilla
date: label: Date made
content: 1906 - 1940
label: Date made
content: c. 1906 - 1940
name: label: maker
content: Dr. J. C. Ayer and Company
notes: label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
topic: label: Subject
content: Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of John C. Helenore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07225
label: catalog number
content: M-07225
label: accession number
content: 220009
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: sarsaparilla root, 10 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: yellow dock root, 8 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: licorice root, 8 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: cinchona red bark, 6 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: buckthorn bark, 4 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: stillingia root, 4 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: burdock root, 3 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: senna leaves, 2 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: black cohosh root, 2 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: pokeroot, 1 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: iodid of potassium, 4 grains per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glycerin, c.p., 3.5 drachms per fluid oz (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: sassafras oil (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: wintergreen oil (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 1/2 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 6.985 cm x 4.445 cm