Alka Seltzer
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Object Details
- collection
- Reid Drugstore
- Miles Laboratories
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Upset stomach, acid indigestion, heartburn, headache, neuralgia, sore, stiff, aching muscles. Colds -- for general discomforts, headache. Simple sore throat -- gargle. Too much to eat or drink -- especially effective taken before bed and again on rising.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Blanche E. Reid
- ca 1950s
- ID Number
- 1984.0351.014
- accession number
- 1984.0351
- catalog number
- 1984.0351.014
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- ?; Patent Medicines; Drugs
- Physical Description
- aspirin (drug active ingredients)
- mono-calcium phosphate (drug active ingredients)
- sodium bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)
- citric acid (drug active ingredients)
- sodium acetylsalicylate (drug active ingredients)
- calcium-sodium phosphates (drug active ingredients)
- sodium bicarbonate (drug active ingredients)
- sodium citrate (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 1 5/8 in x 3 1/4 in x 1 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 8.255 cm x 3.81 cm
- bottle: 2 5/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.4925 cm
- place made
- United States: Indiana, Elkhart
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- Reid Pharmacy, Clifton, Illinois
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
- Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
- Record ID
- nmah_737715
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7cff-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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