Ayer's Cathartic Pills
date: label: date made
content: 1910-1920
name: label: maker
content: Dr. J. C. Ayer and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: laxative
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Lowell
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Richard W. Pollay
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2008.0018.005
label: accession number
content: 2008.0018
label: catalog number
content: 2008.0018.005
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Object Type
content: OTC Preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (stopper material)
label: Physical Description
content: jalap, 1-3 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: ginger, 1-3 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: aloes, 1-4 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: gamboge, 1-20 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: colocynth pulp, 1-8 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: podophyllin, 1-10 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: oil peppermint, 1-50 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: oil spearmint, 1-100 gr. (overall active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 7/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.2225 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 2 in x 1 in x 3/4 in; 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm x 1.905 cm