Hemo-Protein (Brooks) - (Deuteroproteose) - 5 cc., Bio. 2050
Hemo-Protein (Brooks) - (Deuteroproteose) - 5 cc., Bio. 2050
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- A shattered, non-specific protein derived from the ox blood fibrin. For use in the treatment of infectious and allergic conditions when an increase in the polymorphonuclear white cells is desired.
- A pamphlet provide by the manufacturer indicates that the product is "a new preparation for antigenic stimulation which does not produce untoward reactions." The pamphlet specifies that "a 10% solution is employed for intradermal, intravenous, intramuscular, or subcutaneous injection" and lists a large assortment of conditions for which the preparation is indicateded, including migraines, hay fever, colitis, and ulcer of the eye.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- biological
- antigenic preparation, non-specific protein therapy
- Other Terms
- Hemo-Protein, Brooks, Deuteroproteose; Diagnostic Medicine; Biologicals; Drugs
- date made
- ca 1939
- maker
- Parke, Davis and Company
- place made
- United States: Michigan, Detroit
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in x 1 in; x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-04857
- catalog number
- M-04857
- accession number
- 154611
- Credit Line
- Gift of Parke, Davis & Company
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- The Antibody Initiative
- Health & Medicine
- Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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