Sanative Pills
date: label: Date made
content: 1898
notes: label: Description
content: The label on this container reads in part “JAYNE’S / SANATIVE PILLS / CONCENTRATED / SMALL SIZE, SUGAR-COATED & / IMPROVED. . .” There are two green and white 1/8th cent Internal Revenue Stamps, stamped Dr. D. J. & S., 7/1/1898. This firm, one of the first patent medicine companies to use an almanac as a marketing tool, printed their first almanac in 1843. David Jayne (1799-1866) began life in modest circumstances, but left an estate worth $3 million.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1993.0443.01
label: catalog number
content: 1993.0443.01
label: accession number
content: 1993.0443
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicine, Vial of; Pharmaceutical; Pills
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: green (overall color)
label: Physical Description
content: pink (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: average spatial: 9.3 cm x 1.9 cm; 3 11/16 in x 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 7/8 in x 3/4 in; x 9.8425 cm x 1.905 cm