Dr. Caldwell's Improved Prescription Powders

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Headaches, head colds, neuralgia, muscular aches and pains, periodic pains, simple nervousness

Date Made: ca 1930

Maker: Pepsin Syrup Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Monticello

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

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1978.0883.231.HAccession Number: 1978.0883Catalog Number: 1978.0883.231.H

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Patent Medicines; Drugs

Physical Description: paper (packaging material)acetanilid, 1 1/2 grains (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 2 3/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 1/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 9.2075 cm x .3175 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-5a43-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_719103

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