Pituitrin (O) (Obstetrical)

Description:

Gray and white cardboard box with black printing containing six small, white rectangular boxes with black printing. Each holds 1cc cylindrical glass ampoules with white paper labels. Use: "To stimulate uterine contraction in cases of inertia or when labor is delayed by other than mechanical causes. Also as a hemostatic heart stimulant, diuretic and in post-operative paresis of the bladder and colon." The Pituitrin was part of a midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.

Date Made: before 1924

Maker: Parke, Davis and Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Michigan, Detroit

Subject: MedicineWomen's Health

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Midwife Kit

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Credit Line: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.0128.17Accession Number: 2012.0128Catalog Number: 2012.0128.17

Object Name: pharmaceuticalbiologicalmidwife's kit

Physical Description: cardboard (packaging material)glass (container material)paper (label material)pituitrin (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 8.89 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.8575 cmoverall: 9.25 cm x 4.25 cm x 4 cm; 3 21/32 in x 1 11/16 in x 1 9/16 inpart: ampoule box: 5.75 cm x 1.25 cm x 1.25 cm; 2 1/4 in x 1/2 in x 1/2 inpart: ampoule: 5.25 cm x 1 cm; 2 1/16 in x 13/32 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-8bbb-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1422926

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