Nervine
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: a sedative for its quieting effect in sleeplessness, restlessness, nervous irritability and nervous tension headaches.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- date made
- ca 1960
- maker
- Pfeiffer Company
- place made
- United States: Missouri, St. Louis
- associated place
- United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
- Physical Description
- sodium bromide; potassium bromide; ammonium bromide; niacinamide; thiamine (drug ingredients)
- cardboard (box material)
- white, gray, red (box color)
- glass (bottle material)
- white, gray, red (bottle label color)
- plastic (bottle cap material)
- Measurements
- box: 4 7/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 12.3825 cm x 6.35 cm x 3.81 cm
- bottle: 4 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 12.065 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.4925 cm
- ID Number
- 1985.0475.491
- accession number
- 1985.0475
- catalog number
- 1985.0475.491
- Credit Line
- The Fournet Drugstore Collection
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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