Artificial Vichy Salt, N.F.V., Granular Effervescent, 4 Ounces
Artificial Vichy Salt, N.F.V., Granular Effervescent, 4 Ounces
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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
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- date made
- ca 1927
- maker
- Sharp and Dohme
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Baltimore
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.3975 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-02324
- catalog number
- M-02324
- accession number
- 99602
- Credit Line
- Gift of Sharp and Dohme
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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