Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.256

Place of Origin:

Columbus, OH

Date:

1900-1920

Description:

Medicine bottle, Peruna Company, Columbus, OH. Clear glass. Cylindrical body and neck. Printed paper label wraps around entire bottle: "Contains 9 1/2 Fluid / Ounces / MAN-A-LIN / CONTAINS EIGHT PER CENT / (8%) OF ALCOHOL BY VOLUME / MANUFACTURED BY THE / PERUNA COMPANY, COLUM- / BUS, OHIO. / An Excellent Remedy for / BILIOUSNESS / CONSTIPATION / And Many Ailments Resulting / Therefrom. Useful in Over- / coming Colds and Head- / aches Requiring a / Laxative to Dis- / pel Them. / It Has a Gentle Action on the / LIVER and BOWELS / PREPARED BY / The Peruna Company / COLUMBUS, OHIO, U.S.A."; with directions printed in English, German, Hungarian, Czech, and Italian. Printed paper label around neck, regarding product improvements. Embossed lettering on bottom. Cork stopper. Bottle contains dark brown liquid, almost full.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-7.3 Dia-2.6 inches

Provenance:

Part of the Wilfred B. Osgood Pharmacy Collection, consisting of the 1870s-1950s contents of the Knox Pharmacy (owned by Fred L. Knox) and Roberts Rexall Store (owned by George C. Roberts) in Farmington, NH. Wilfred Osgood purchased both pharmacies in the late 1940s/early 1950s, and kept the original furnishings from both stores. During the 1970s, he created a pharmacy display room from the contents of both stores. This collection is the contents of that display. The collection also includes manuscripts, books, photographs, and printed ephemera, transferred to NHHS library (1992-068.)

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists, Medicines