Footed, glass show bottle with faceted ground-glass stopper and a gold-colored label with red and black border. Bottle is full of round, dark capsules. Riodine, chemical formula (C18-H33-O3-1H)3-C3-H5, is an organic derivative of iodine.
SEE MG.59672.03 for Riodine capsules in their commercial packaging.
This item is part of a collection of pharmaceutical products exhibited by the French companies, Astier Pharmacie and Clin et Cie., at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California, in 1915. Following the close of exhibition, the objects were donated to the Smithsonian by the French Commission to the exposition.
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