Camphor, Opium and Acetate of Lead Pills
Object Details
- Henry Thayer & Company
- 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 local astringent and soothing anodyne [Epitome of Therapeutics, John Wyeth & Brothers, 1901]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- 1850-1900
- ID Number
- 1978.0883.237
- accession number
- 1978.0883
- catalog number
- 1978.0883.237
- Object Name
- pharmaceutical
- Other Terms
- Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- Physical Description
- camphor, 1 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- acetate of lead, 1 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- opium, 1 gr. (drug active ingredients)
- glass (container material)
- paper (label material)
- cork (stopper material)
- Measurements
- overall: 8 cm x 3 cm; 3 1/8 in x 1 3/16 in
- overall: 3 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 3.4925 cm
- place made
- United States: Massachusetts, Cambridgeport
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Botanical Medicine
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
- Record ID
- nmah_716968
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-6653-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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