Object Details
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
Sun Cholera Mixture, which contains several of the hot oils and a small amount of opium, is put up in tablets of five grains each. This mixture is used to relieve the distress in cramps and diarrhea, as well as to reduce the number of stools. These tablets are taken in doses of one or two every three hours until relief is obtained. [Manual on Ship Sanitation and First-aid for Merchant Seamen, 1923]
Location
Currently not on view
Date made
after 1938
ID Number
MG.293320.1382
catalog number
293320.1382
accession number
293320
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
Drugs
Physical Description
ext. stramonium (drug active ingredients)
tr. rhubarb (drug active ingredients)
tr. capsicum (drug active ingredients)
po. kino (drug active ingredients)
po. ipecac (drug active ingredients)
camphor (drug active ingredients)
oil of peppermint (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 5.5 cm x 5 cm x 2 cm; 2 3/16 in x 1 15/16 in x 13/16 in
overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 4.7625 cm x 1.905 cm
Place Made
United States: New York, Norwich
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Diarrhea Drugs
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1298333