Artificial Vichy Salt, N.F.V., Granular Effervescent, 4 Ounces

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maker: Sharp and Dohme

Description: One of 41 specimens donated to the museum in 1927 by Sharp & Dohme for an exhibition "telling the story of the collection, marketing, and medicinal use of well-known and extensively used drugs." The curator requested examples of official preparations of iron and potassium, and Sharp & Dohme provided 23 specimens of potassium preparations and 18 specimens of an iron preparations.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of Sharp and Dohme

date made: ca 1927

ID Number: MG.M-02324
catalog number: M-02324
accession number: 99602

Object Name: otc preparation
Other Terms: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid

Measurements: overall: 6 1/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/8 in; 15.5575 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.3975 cm

place made: United States: Maryland, Baltimore

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine; Balm of America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

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ARTIFICIAL VICHY SALT, N.F.V., GRANULAR EFFERVESCENT, 4 OUNCES

National Museum of American History

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