Tincture of Aloes, N.F.
date: label: date made
content: ca 1934
name: label: maker
content: Gilman Brothers, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
label: Description
content: For use as a cathartic. Acts chiefly on large intestine; may act as an emmenagogue [promoting menstrual discharge] by producing pelvic congestion. Also for constipation; to prevent trouble with hemorrhoids and with iron in amenorrhea associated with anemia or consitpation. [<i>The Merck Index,</i> Fifth Edition, 1940]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Massachusetts, Boston
topic: label: Subject
content: Laxatives
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: ZZ.RSN81535V52
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Aloes, Tincture of
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Aloes, Tincture of; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottle material)
label: Physical Description
content: alcohol, 46% (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: aloe (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (lid material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 in x 2 in; 12.7 cm x 5.08 cm