Object Details
- John Wyeth & Brother
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
- To insure speedy disintegration and absorption of this drug, we add a minute quantity of an inert powder to each pill.
- John Wyeth & Brother of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania began selling pharmaceuticals in 1860. The company was in continuous operation until it was bought by Pfizer in 2008. The Wyeth Brothers compressed these 5 grain (325mg) salicylic acid tablets around 1895. European chemists isolated salicylic acid from willow bark and meadowsweet in the early 19th century. Salicylic acid was a potent analgesic and antipyretic, relieving pain, fever, and inflammation, but tended to be very irritating on the stomach. Acetyl-salicylic acid (aspirin) was developed by Bayer at the end of the 19th century as a less-irritating salicylate medicine.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Robert Grodanz, David's Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- ca 1895
- ID Number
- 2002.0138.150
- accession number
- 2002.0138
- catalog number
- 2002.0138.150
- Object Name
- pharmaceutical
- Other Terms
- Drugs
- Physical Description
- salicylic acid (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 6 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 5.715 cm
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition
- American Enterprise
- Exhibition Location
- National Museum of American History
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1215536
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-9725-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
