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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Medicine Bottles |
| Date | n.d. |
| Document Type | 360 Object |
| Reference | 04.92.01 / 56.04.01 / 00.01.09 |
| Library / Archive | Tenement Museum, New York |
| Description | 8 cm height; 14 cm height; 12 inches height. Alpha No. 38 Coryza Tabets for cold in the head; Medicine bottle with red liquid; Dr Williams' Green Mountain Balsam. Bottles from left to right: First bottle front label reads: Alpha No. 38 Coryza Tablet (homeopathic), Cold in Head, Indications – cold in the head, sneezing, watery discharge from the eyes and nose, restlessness [?], Dose: Take two tablets every [?] Until better then four times a day. Formula: Allium Cepa [?] alb. Made only by Boericke and Tafel Homeopathic Pharmacies. First bottle side label reads: Homeopathic practice is based on symptomatology and the use of proved remedies for alleviation. The name of the remedy and indications for its use must therefore be descriptive. Middle bottle front label is not in good condition and has text missing. Last bottle front label reads: Dr, Williams' Green Mountain Balsalm, is the best thing ever discovered for a cough. It is healing to the Lungs, Bronchial Tubes and air cells of the Lungs. A ready relief for Asthma. Excellent as a strenghening plaster, and for cuts, burns and sores. A sure cure for Kidney Disease, Croupe, Worms and LaGrippe. Directions – for an adult 6 to 8 drops on a little sugar, just before breakfast or on retiring at night. For children: 3 drops for a child 3 to 6 years old. For plaster spread on a piece of paper flour sack and add flour if too thin. Manufactured by S. B. Pitney, Hoseheads – N.Y., Price, 25 cents per bottle. |
| Theme(s) | Permanent Settlement and Successive Generations |
| Ports | New York City, United States |
| Keywords | tenement house, medicine, health and sickness |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Tenement Museum, New York |
