Iron Pyrophosphate, Quinine and Strychnine, Elixir No. 122, One Pint

Iron Pyrophosphate, Quinine and Strychnine, Elixir No. 122, One Pint

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Description
One of fourteen (14) specimens donated to the museum in 1927 by Eli Lilly and Company 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 Eli Lilly and Company provided six (6) specimens of potassium preparations and eight (8) specimens of an iron preparations.
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
Pharmaceutical
Other Terms
Iron Pyrophosphate Quinine and Strychnine; Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
date made
ca 1927
maker
Eli Lilly and Company
place made
United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
Physical Description
iron pyrophosphate, soluble, 16 grs./fl.oz.; quinine sulphate, 2 grs./fl.oz.; strychnine, 8/60 gr./fl.oz.; alcohol, 20% (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 8 in x 2 7/8 in; 20.32 cm x 7.3025 cm
ID Number
MG.M-02254
catalog number
M-02254
accession number
98498
Credit Line
Eli Lilly and Company
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
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