K. & M. Effervescent Bromo Caffeine

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:

For all cases of headache, mental fatigue, and physical exhaustion, it commends itself especially to physicians, teachers, clergymen, lawyers, merchants and other pursuits requiring nerve energy or subjection to mental strain.

Date Made: 1923-1940

Maker: Keasbey & Mattison Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Ambler

Subject: Nerve & Brain DrugsCollection: G.E. Damon Collection

Subject:

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-10410.04Catalog Number: M-10410.04Accession Number: 246707

Object Name: pharmaceutical

Physical Description: glass (overall material)metal (lid material)paper (label material)caffeine (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 3 3/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 8.5725 cm x 3.175 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-9a63-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1424762

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