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Hobson's Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic and Chloroform

  • After 1901 – before 1950

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Box containing Dr. Hobson's "Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic, and Chloroform" cough syrup. According to the packaging, the use of this product is for the "relief of cough due to colds."

Brothers Henry and Gustavus Pfeiffer (1857–1939) founded the Pfeiffer Chemical Company in 1901.

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Gift of Allen Lopez.
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  • 5 cm W x 14 cm H x 2.5 cm D
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 6W27.5

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Science History Institute. Hobson's Tolu Balsam with Lobelia, Tartar Emetic and Chloroform. Photograph, 2023. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/jnabtif.

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