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Electrocuprol, Cuivre Colloidal Electrique a Petits Grains (Colloidal Copper)

National Museum of American History

Object Details

Description
Six (6) red paper-covered cardboard boxes with hinged lids and white, black and blue label on top. Boxes contain (6) 5cc glass ampules nested in cotton or wool. Three boxes have an outer paper wrapping and are sealed. Maker: Laboratoires Clin; Clin & Cie., Comar & Cie., 20, Rue des Fosses St. Jacques, France. Indications: Cancer, Tuberculosis, Infectious diseases (1914 advert., BMJ)
Uses mentioned in medical journals: (1914) used in the treatment of fever in tuberculosis; (1920 Yearbook of the APhA) used as an injection in the treatment of sarcoma and carcinoma.
This item is part of a collection of pharmaceutical products exhibited by the French companies, Astier Pharmacie and Clin et Cie., at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California, in 1915. Following the close of exhibition, the objects were donated to the Smithsonian by the French Commission to the exposition.
Location
Currently not on view
ID Number
MG.59672.15
accession number
59672
catalog number
59672.15
Object Name
pharmaceutical
Other Terms
Colloidal, Electrique; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
Physical Description
colloidal copper (drug active ingredients)
glass (container material)
paper; cardboard (packaging material)
Measurements
overall, each: 1 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm
place made
France: Île-de-France, Paris
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Balm of America
National Museum of American History
related event
Panama-Pacific International Exposition
Record ID
nmah_722258
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-4810-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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