Antifebrin
Antifebrin
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
- For nervous affections, facial neuralgia, locomotor ataxia [inability to control movement], sciatica; intensive reflex headaches, and in headaches of various sorts.
- Administration: Dissolve in boiling water; stir; cool down to comfortable warmth for swallowing; sweeten to taste. If Whisky or Brandy is used as a solvent, NO HEAT is needed.
- Antefebrin was the brand name of the chemical acetanilide produced by Kalle & Company of Biebrich, Germany as an antipyretic [fever reducer] and analgesic. In 1886, Drs. Cahn and Hepp discovered acetanilide’s ability to reduce fever and relieve pain, branding their new discovery Antefebrin. Dosage was one ounce dissolved in boiling water or alcohol and taken every twenty to thirty minutes while symptoms persist. Kalle & Company was purchased by Hoechst in 1908. This container dates between 1906 and 1908.
- Object Name
- pharmaceutical
- date made
- 1906-1908
- maker
- Kalle and Company
- place made
- Germany: Hesse, Wiesbaden
- Physical Description
- acetanilid (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 7/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 7.3025 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm
- ID Number
- 1981.0219.137
- accession number
- 1981.0219
- catalog number
- 1981.0219.137
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert J. Locurto
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- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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Alice Haddy
Mon, 2019-07-15 16:11