Alva-Tranquil Tranquilizer
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Object Details
- Alva Laboratories
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Relaxing sedative for the temporary relief of simple nervousness. Amazingly effective for gently calming jangled nerves. Alva-Tranquil tablets represent a new kind of medication. Available now as a relaxing and calming sedative aid for the relief of anxiety, worry, emotional upset, headache, "Nerves", pressure, mental tension, stress, strain ... due to simple nervousness.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- The Fournet Drugstore Collection
- ca 1959
- ID Number
- 1985.0475.344
- catalog number
- 1985.0475.344
- accession number
- 1985.0475
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Physical Description
- cardboard (box material)
- potassium salicylate (drug active ingredients)
- glass (bottle material)
- potassium bromide (drug active ingredients)
- methapyriline hydrochloride (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- bottle: 2 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 in; 7.3025 cm x 3.4925 cm x 2.54 cm
- box: 4 3/4 in x 3 in x 1 in; 12.065 cm x 7.62 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- associated place
- United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Nerve & Brain Drugs
- Record ID
- nmah_210170
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-df96-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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