Miles Nervine Effervescent Tablets
Miles Nervine Effervescent Tablets
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A sedative for the following functional nervous disturbances: nervous headache, sleeplessness and restlessness, nervous irritability and excitability.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- OTC Preparation
- date made
- ca 1940
- maker
- Miles Laboratories, Inc.
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- Physical Description
- paper (container material)
- glass (container material)
- metal (cap material)
- sodium bromide, 4 1/2 grains (drug active ingredient)
- potassium bromide, 4 1/2 grains (drug active ingredient)
- ammonium bromide, 1/2 grain (drug active ingredient)
- Measurements
- box: 8 cm x 4 cm x 4 cm; 3 1/8 in x 1 9/16 in x 1 9/16 in
- vial: 7 cm x 3.5 cm; 2 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in
- box: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 3.81 cm x 8.255 cm x 4.1275 cm
- jar: 2 3/4 in x 1 3/8 in; 6.985 cm x 3.4925 cm
- ID Number
- 2008.0018.079
- catalog number
- 2008.0018.079
- accession number
- 2008.0018
- Credit Line
- Gift of Richard W. Pollay
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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