666 Cold Preparation

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:

Aids in relieving distress and discomforts of colds by its fourfold action -- as an analgesic, as an antipyretic, as an expectorant, and as a laxative. For relief of coughs, simple headaches and neuralgia, muscular aches, pains, and reducing fever due to colds.

Date Made: ca 1947

Retailer: Sherman PharmacyMaker: Monticello Drug Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Florida, Jacksonville

Subject: Catarrh, Cough & Cold DrugsPain & Neuralgia DrugsLaxatives

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Balm of America, Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Credit Line: Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0460.097Accession Number: 1985.0460Catalog Number: 1985.0460.097

Object Name: otc preparationObject Type: Drugs

Physical Description: cardboard (box material)glass (bottle material)plastic (cap material)antipyrine, 10 grains/oz (drug active ingredients)ammonium chloride (drug active ingredients)magnesium sulphate (Epsom salt) (drug active ingredients)citric acid (drug active ingredients)Measurements: box: 6 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cmbottle: 6 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 15.875 cm x 5.715 cm x 3.81 cm

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-ddf6-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_209858

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