Quinine Bisulphate

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Description:

One of thirteen (13) specimens of medicinal alkaloids and alkaloidal salts donated by the Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Company (P-W-R) in 1922 for the pharmacy exhibits. Medicinal alkaloids and alkaloidal salts are physiologically active chemicals derived from plants. In the exhibit, specimens of medicinal alkaloids were displayed alongside specimens of the crude drugs and powdered drugs from which they are extracted.

Date Made: ca 1922

Maker: Powers Weightman Rosengarten Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Credit Line: Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Co.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.M-01528Catalog Number: M-01528Accession Number: 67989

Object Name: pharmaceuticalOther Terms: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Measurements: overall: 3 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 9.2075 cm x 3.81 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-55d9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_731694

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