Riodine, Iode Organique Assimilable (Organic derivative of Iodine)

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maker: Phamacie Astier

Description: Three (3) brown glass bottles with cork stoppers. Bottles are wrapped in green and red patterned paper with a green, red, and white paper label on the front side. The top of the wrapper is torn off on all three specimens revealing the top of the bottle inside and part of the paper insert which is wrapped around each bottle. One bottle has a red, white, and blue shield-shaped paper seal on the back: "U. S. Customs / Panama Pacific International Exhibition / Exhibit / Serial No. 1697 / case No. P A 3 / Lot No. 18 bottles"; Indications: Cardio-vascular and chronic respiratory diseases, scrofula, lymphatism, obesity, and in all cases requiring the use of ieither iodine or iodides, especially when these disagree with the patient. [1917 advert. The Lancet]; Dose: 2 to 6 pearls (capsules) per day, to be taken after eating; Maker: Pharmacie Astier, 72 Avenue Kleber, Paris.; Riodine, chemical formula (C18-H33-O3-1H)3-C3-H5, is an organic derivative of iodine.; 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

date made: ca 1914

ID Number: MG.59672.03
accession number: 59672
catalog number: 59672.03

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

Measurements: overall, each: 4 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 4.7625 cm x 2.8575 cm

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

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

Data Source: National Museum of American History

associated subject: Obesity
related event: Panama-Pacific International Exposition

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RIODINE, IODE ORGANIQUE ASSIMILABLE (ORGANIC DERIVATIVE OF IODINE)

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