Object Details
- United States Pharmacopeia Convention
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
- For use as a cardiac stimulant, indirect diuretic. For use in heart failure and in edema due to cardiac impairment. [The Merck Index, 5th Edition, 1940]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Mrs. Robert M. Leonard in memory of Dr. Robert M. Leonard
- 1942
- ID Number
- 1991.0675.17
- catalog number
- 1991.0675.17
- accession number
- 1991.0675
- Object Name
- pharmaceutical, ampule of
- pharmaceutical
- Other Terms
- pharmaceutical, ampule of; Pharmaceutical; Powder
- Physical Description
- powdered digitalis leaf, 3.1 gm. (overall active ingredeints)
- white (overall color)
- glass (overall material)
- paper (label material)
- Measurements
- average spatial: 9.1 cm x 1.6 cm; 3 9/16 in x 5/8 in
- overall: 3 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 9.2075 cm x 1.905 cm
- place made
- United States: Maryland, Rockville
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Botanical Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1121644
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a9-9c70-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
