Alva-Tranquil Tranquilizer
Alva-Tranquil Tranquilizer
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Relaxing sedative for the temporary relief of simple nervousness. Amazingly effective for gently calming jangled nerves. Alva-Tranquil tablets represent a new kind of medication. Available now as a relaxing and calming sedative aid for the relief of anxiety, worry, emotional upset, headache, "Nerves", pressure, mental tension, stress, strain... due to simple nervousness.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Date made
- ca 1959
- maker
- Alva Laboratories
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- associated place
- United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
- Physical Description
- cardboard (box material)
- potassium salicylate (drug active ingredients)
- glass (bottle material)
- potassium bromide (drug active ingredients)
- methapyriline hydrochloride (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- bottle: 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.4925 cm x 2.54 cm
- box: 4 3/4 in x 3 in x 1 in; 12.065 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0475.344
- catalog number
- 1985.0475.344
- accession number
- 1985.0475
- Credit Line
- The Fournet Drugstore Collection
- subject
- Nerve & Brain Drugs
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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