Bromo Quinine Cold Tablets

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Description:

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

For sinus and nasal congestion, headache, feverish feeling, muscular aches and pain, temporary constipation

Date Made: ca 1960-1970s

Maker: Bristol-Myers Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York City

Subject: Fever & Chill DrugsCatarrh, Cough & Cold DrugsLaxatives

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Botanical Medicine, Balm of America

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Credit Line: Gift of C. Elbert Hoffman

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.313462.082Catalog Number: 313462.082Accession Number: 313462

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Physical Description: paper (overall material)plastic (overall material)caffeine 15mg. (drug active ingredients)yellow phenolphthalein, 10 mg. (drug active ingredients)Quinine hydrobromide, 25mg. (drug active ingredients)acetaminophen, 100mg. (drug active ingredients)salicylamide, 200mg. (drug active ingredients)hydrochloride, 5mg. (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 9.6 cm x 6.45 cm x 1.8 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 9/16 in x 11/16 inoverall: 3 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 9.525 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.5875 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7b11-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_730683

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