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Tafon Appetite Appeasement

American History Museum

Tafon
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  • Tafon
  • otc preparation, Tafon Appetite Appeasement

    Object Details

    retailer
    Sherman Pharmacy
    distributor
    Tafon Distributors, Inc.
    Description
    The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
    A mineral-water-soluble-vitamin dietary supplement and an aid to appetite appeasement
    Location
    Currently not on view
    Credit Line
    Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt
    date made
    1950s
    after 1953
    ID Number
    1985.0460.100
    accession number
    1985.0460
    catalog number
    1985.0460.100
    Object Name
    otc preparation
    Object Type
    Drugs
    Physical Description
    glass (bottle material)
    metal (cap material)
    paper (label material)
    methylcellulose (drug active ingredients)
    protein hydrolysate (drug active ingredients)
    vitamin B1 (drug active ingredients)
    vitamin B2 (drug active ingredients)
    vitamin B6 (drug active ingredients)
    vitamin B12 (drug active ingredients)
    vitamin C (drug active ingredients)
    niacinamide (drug active ingredients)
    calcium pantothenate (drug active ingredients)
    phosphorus (drug active ingredients)
    iron (drug active ingredients)
    Measurements
    overall: 11 cm x 4.9 cm x 3.4 cm; 4 5/16 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 5/16 in
    place made
    United States: California, Los Angeles
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    Medicine and Science: Pharmacy
    Health & Medicine
    Balm of America
    Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York
    Data Source
    National Museum of American History
    Subject
    Dietary/ Nutritional Supplements & Reducing Aids
    Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-de72-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    nmah_209878
    NMAH
    TAFON APPETITE APPEASEMENT
    National Museum of American History
    CC0
    Metadata Usage
    CC0
    Link to Original Record
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-de72-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    Record ID
    nmah_209878
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