Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for Women

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Title (Dublin Core): Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for Women
Description (Dublin Core): A tall, narrow glass bottle with a black metal screw-on cap, a paper label, and dark brown residue on the inside. Bottle accompanied by a rectangular box. Both objects include text informing consumers of the active ingredients and dosage instructions. Text on side of box claims that the product can be used to treat "PERIODIC PAINS AND ASSOCIATED NERVOUSNESS BACKACHE AND HEADACHE DUE TO FUNCTIONAL MENSTRUAL DISTURBANCIES."

Active ingredients: valerian root, black haw, blue cohosh root, unicorn root, black cohosh root, Oregon grape root. [according to labels]
Date Created (Dublin Core): after 1914
Format (Dublin Core): box: 8 1/2 in x 3 1/8 in x 2 in; 21.59 cm x 7.9375 cm x 5.08 cm
bottle: 8 3/8 in x 3 in x 1 7/8 in; 21.2725 cm x 7.62 cm x 4.7625 cm
Medium (Dublin Core): medicine bottles; cardboard; bottle labels (paper labels); bottle caps
Spatial Coverage (Dublin Core): Buffalo
Subject (Dublin Core): Medicine bottles; Drugs, Nonprescription; Herbs--Therapeutic use; Women--Health and hygiene--United States; Patent medicines
Rights (Dublin Core): NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY
Source (Dublin Core): National Museum of American History
Relation (Dublin Core): https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_834853
Provenance (Dublin Core): The Fournet Drugstore Collection
Identifier (Dublin Core): 2022-JL-PMP-03
Creator (Dublin Core): Pierce's Proprietaries, Inc.

Item sets: 19th-20th Century Patent Medicine Packaging and Advertisements

Media: Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for Women 01; Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for Women 02; Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, for Women 03