Electraurol, Or Colloidal Electrique a Petits Grains (Colloidal Gold)

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Description: Six (6) red paper-covered cardboard boxes with hinged lids and white, black and red label on top. Boxes contain six 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: antiseptic, bactericidal. Used in infectious disease similar to the other colloidal preparations. See Electroargol.; 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.59672.16
accession number: 59672
catalog number: 59672.16

Object Name: pharmaceutical
Other Terms: Colloidal; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid

Measurements: overall, each: 7/8 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm

place made: France: Île-de-France, Paris

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

related event: Panama-Pacific International Exposition

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ELECTRAUROL, OR COLLOIDAL ELECTRIQUE A PETITS GRAINS (COLLOIDAL GOLD)

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