Dr. Hobson's Dys-Pep-Lets
Dr. Hobson's Dys-Pep-Lets
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For hyperacidity and discomfort due to excess acid in the stomach
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- OTC Preparation
- date made
- after 1930
- maker
- Pfeiffer Chemical Company
- Place Made
- United States: Missouri, St. Louis
- Physical Description
- paper (container material)
- glass (container material)
- cork (stopper material)
- calcium carbonate (drug active ingredients)
- bismuth subnitrate (drug active ingredients)
- magnesium carbonat (drug active ingredients)
- nux vomica (drug active ingredients)
- sodium bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)
- ipecac (drug active ingredients)
- rhubarb (drug active ingredients)
- cascara (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 5.2 cm x 8 cm x 4 cm; 2 1/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 9/16 in
- vial: 7.6 cm x 1.6 cm; 3 in x 5/8 in
- box: 2 1/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 5.3975 cm x 8.255 cm x 4.1275 cm
- vial: 3 in x 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 1.905 cm
- ID Number
- 2008.0018.035
- catalog number
- 2008.0018.035
- accession number
- 2008.0018
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard W. Pollay
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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