Chaulmestrol, Brand of Ethyl Esters of Chaulmoogra Oil, 1 oz.
Chaulmestrol, Brand of Ethyl Esters of Chaulmoogra Oil, 1 oz.
- Description
- One of five pharmaceuticals in display bottles donated to the museum in 1926 by the Bayer Company. The curator requested these specimens for use in an exhibition of official drugs added to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia,Tenth Revision (U.S.P. X), made official January 1,1926.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Ethyl Esters of Chaulmoogra Oil
- pharmaceutical
- Other Terms
- Ethyl Esters of Chaulmoogra Oil; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
- date made
- ca 1926
- maker
- Winthrop Chemical Company
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- Physical Description
- aethylis chaulmoogras, USP (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 3 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 8.255 cm x 3.81 cm
- ID Number
- MG.M-02176
- catalog number
- M-02176
- accession number
- 93252
- Credit Line
- Gift of The Bayer Company
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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