Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1967.047.37

Date:

1880-1890

Description:

Bottle. Patent Medicine. Pressed aquamarine glass. Tall, rectangular bottle with sloping shoulders and long straight neck with wide band around mouth. Cork stopper in neck. Back side of bottle reads: "DR. S. HARDY'S / WOMANS FRIEND." Paper label adhered to front shows bearded man, and above words: "WOMAN'S FRIEND / NATURE'S GRAND," while below man's picture "ASSISTANT." Then follows all sorts of directions for cures, while at bottom label reads: "Price $1.00, / Prepared by Dr. S. HARDY'S SONS, / Cornish Flat, N.H." The directions read: "Brings the young girl safely into the regu- / larities of a healthy woman; stops Morning / Sickness, in Pregnancy: Makes the bed of / confinement comparatively easy, and recov- / ery speedy; strengthens and aids the moth- / er wonderfully while nursing. At the turns / of life, the beginning and the end, it is ev- / erything to the girl and advanced woman. /Cures Piles, Dropsy, Palpitation of Heart; / Spinal, Paralytic, Rheumatic, and Neural- / gic Affections; Hectic and Pulmonary Dis- / eases; Scrofulous, Cancerous, and Tumor- / ous affections; Falling of Womb, Whites, / and all irregularities." Figure of pointing hand that points to right. Rest of line: "For particulars / see circular around bottle." Empty line then indented paragraph: "DIRECTIONS; --- A costive or bilious habit / should first be corrected. Then commence / with a teaspoonful, in sweetened water for / clear, three times a day, before eating, V A -- / RYING according to age and condition of / patient. A bottle should last generally / about four weeks. It is inadmissible in fe- / ver or excitement, but as a convalescent al- / always proper. In taking the medicine / patients should pursue a steady course, not taking the medicine too fast. "

Material:

Glass
Paper

Dimensions:

H-8.4 W-2.8 D-1.9 inches

Provenance:

Part of collection of Rock and Millen families of Lebanon, NH.

Manufactured by Dr. Samuel Hardy's sons, Charles J. and Philemon C. Hardy.

Credit Line:

Gift of Ethel Rock Millen

People:

Millen, Ethel Rock (1890-1980), Hardy, Charles J., Hardy, Philemon C., Hardy, Samuel (1804-1879)

Subjects:

Patent medicines, Health, Medicine