Stuart's Calcium Wafer Compound
Stuart's Calcium Wafer Compound
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Usage conditions apply
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Adults take two of the wafers after each meal and one on retiring. If bowels are too freely, diminsh dose to one wafer after each meal, and one at night. Children take one wafer with swallow of water on retiring.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Physical Description
- calcium (overall active ingredients)
- sulphide (overall active ingredients)
- aloin (overall active ingredients)
- phenolphthalein (overall active ingredients)
- podophyllin (overall active ingredients)
- cascarin (overall active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 6.5 cm x 2.5 cm; 2 9/16 in x in
- overall: 2 1/2 in x 1 in; 6.35 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 1984.0782.191
- accession number
- 1984.0782
- catalog number
- 1984.0782.191
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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