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Gold Medal Compound Pills

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    Object Details

    maker

    Virginia Chemical Company

    Description

    The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging: To aid in increasing haemoglobin of the blood by supplying iron in case of secondary anemia

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina

    Date made

    after 1942

    ID Number

    1980.0698.065

    accession number

    1980.0698

    catalog number

    1980.0698.065

    Object Name

    otc preparation

    Other Terms

    Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid

    Physical Description

    cardboard (container packaging material)
    iron sulphate (drug active ingredients)
    myrrh (drug active ingredients)
    oil of cajuput (drug active ingredients)
    oil of spearmint (drug active ingredients)

    Measurements

    overall: 8.8 cm x 7.2 cm x 1.5 cm; 3 7/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 9/16 in
    overall: 2 7/8 in x 3 1/2 in x 5/8 in; 7.3025 cm x 8.89 cm x 1.5875 cm

    Place Made

    United States: Missouri, Saint Louis

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    Balm of America

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Blood & Liver Drugs
    Tonics, Minerals & Vitamins

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-340b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_715813
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