Ascatco

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging: For asthma, catarrh, bronchitis, hay fever, rose fever, and other diseases of the respiratory organs

Date Made: after 1906

Maker: Ascatco Laboratory

Location: Currently not on view

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

Subject: Respiratory & Asthma Drugs

Subject:

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

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Credit Line: Gift of Mr. James Harvey Young

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1989.0711.04Accession Number: 1989.0711Catalog Number: 1989.0711.04

Object Name: otc preparation

Physical Description: alcohol 13% (drug active ingredients)opium, 1 96/100 grains per fluid ounce (drug active ingredients)arsenious acid, 11/100 grains per fluid ounce (drug active ingredients)glass (container material)paper, corrugated cardboard (packaging material)Measurements: overall: 4 in x 3.8 cm x 1 5/8 in; 10.16 cm x 1 1/2 in x 4.1275 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-6aaf-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_748615

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