Elixir Three Bromides, N.F. V. (Elixir Bromidorum Trium), 4 Fl.Oz.
Elixir Three Bromides, N.F. V. (Elixir Bromidorum Trium), 4 Fl.Oz.
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- Description
- One of 41 specimens donated to the museum in 1927 by Sharp & Dohme for an exhibition "telling the story of the collection, marketing, and medicinal use of well-known and extensively used drugs." The curator requested examples of official preparations of iron and potassium, and Sharp & Dohme provided 23 specimens of potassium preparations and 18 specimens of an iron preparations.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- pharmaceutical
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
- date made
- ca 1927
- maker
- Sharp and Dohme
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- Physical Description
- ammonium, potassium and sodium bromides, 80 gm. each; cudbear, 2 gm.; alcohol, 4% (overalldrug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 5 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-02302
- catalog number
- M-02302
- accession number
- 99602
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sharp and Dohme
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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