"Osgood's India Cholagogue" Medicine Bottle

(1840 - 1860)

Aqua "French square" bottle with cup bottom mold and oil finish lip. Reads: "INDIA CHOLAGOGUE / NEW YORK / OSGOOD'S". Touted as a cure for “Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague, Chill Fever, Intermittent Fever and the Various forms of Bilious Diseases."

  • Object number

    580

  • Date made

    1840 - 1860

  • Dimensions

    Height 13 cm

    Width 6 cm

  • Category

    Medical

  • Class

    Glass

Van Cortlandt House

Bronx, Van Cordlandt House, 525 S Riverside Ave

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