overall: 5 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 13.335 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm
Object Name:
pharmaceutical
Other Terms:
Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
Place made:
United States: Michigan, Detroit
Date made:
ca 1926
Description:
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are: For use as an anodyne [pain relief], locally in neuralgia and nerve pains; as an antispasmodic, for checking secretions, as in coryza, night sweats, and excessive milk; also, as a narcotic and mydriatic [dilating the pupil]. [<i>Remington's Practice of Pharmacy,</i> Seventh Edition, 1926]
One of six pharmaceuticals in display bottles donated to the museum in 1926 by the Parke, Davis and Company. The curator requested these specimens for use in an exhibition of official drugs added to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia,Tenth Revision (U.S.P. X), made official January 1,1926.
