Bayer Aspirin Tablets

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Object Details

maker

Bayer Company, Inc.

Description

The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:

Dose 1 to 3 tablets taken with water. The trademark "Aspirin" (reg. U. S. pat. office) is a guarantee that the monoaceticacidester of salicylicacid in these tablets is of the reliable Bayer manufacture.

in 1915 Bayer began producing tablets of aspirin and marketing them directly to the public as "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin." Prior to this time the popular drug was sold only to medical professionals, pharmacists and pharmaceutical firms. Bayer stamped each tablet of aspirin with the company logo, the Bayer Cross. The company launched this new marketing strategy in anticipation of the expiration of their aspirin patent in 1917.

date made

ca 1917

ID Number

MG.314637.12600

catalog number

314637.12600

accession number

314637

Object Name

otc preparation

Physical Description

metal (container material)

aspirin (monoaceticacidester of salicylicacid), 5 gr (drug active ingredients)

Measurements

overall: 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 4.7625 cm x 3.4925 cm

place made

United States: New York, Rensselaer

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Medicine and Science: Medicine

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Exhibition

American Enterprise

Exhibition Location

National Museum of American History

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