Mulford Solution Pituitary Extract, 1/2 dozen, 1/2 mil ampuls, No. 51

Description:

White cardboard box with black print containing six 1/2 mil. glass ampoules. Mulford Laboratory brand on bottom left corner of label that reads "For the Conservation of Life." Each glass ampule is packaged in a cardboard tube sealed with a white paper label with black printing. A paper insert is included (filed separately). The Pituitary Extract was in the midwife's kit from Buffalo, NY, about 1920.

Date Made: after 1918

Maker: H. K. Mulford Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Subject: MedicineWomen's Health

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Midwife Kit

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Credit Line: Gift from Joseph Badlotto in memory of Rosa Bonfante and her daughter Mary Bonfante Chirchirillo Badlotto

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 2012.0128.27Accession Number: 2012.0128Catalog Number: 2012.0128.27Accession Number: 2012.0128Catalog Number: 2012.0128.27

Object Name: pharmaceuticalbiologicalmidwife's kit

Physical Description: cardboard (container material)paper (label material)pituitary extract (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 2 5/8 in; 1.5875 cm x 8.89 cm x 6.6675 cmoverall: 9 cm x 6.75 cm x 1.75 cm; 3 17/32 in x 2 21/32 in x 11/16 inpart: product: 6 cm x 1.25 cm; 2 3/8 in x 1/2 in

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-8c97-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1422573

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