Bayer Aspirin Tablets

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:

Dose 1 to 3 tablets taken with water. The trademark "Aspirin" (reg. U. S. pat. office) is a guarantee that the monoaceticacidester of salicylicacid in these tablets is of the reliable Bayer manufacture.

in 1915 Bayer began producing tablets of aspirin and marketing them directly to the public as "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." Prior to this time the popular drug was sold only to medical professionals, pharmacists and pharmaceutical firms. Bayer stamped each tablet of aspirin with the company logo, the Bayer Cross. The company launched this new marketing strategy in anticipation of the expiration of their aspirin patent in 1917.

Date Made: ca 1917

Maker: Bayer Company, Inc.

Place Made: United States: New York, Rensselaer

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

Exhibition: American Enterprise

Exhibition Location: National Museum of American History

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.314637.12600Catalog Number: 314637.12600Accession Number: 314637

Object Name: otc preparation

Physical Description: metal (container material)aspirin (monoaceticacidester of salicylicacid), 5 gr (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 4.7625 cm x 3.4925 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-99e5-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1422653

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