Salicylic Acid, 5 Grain
date: label: date made
content: ca 1895
name: label: maker
content: John Wyeth & Brother
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
label: Description
content: To insure speedy disintegration and absorption of this drug, we add a minute quantity of an inert powder to each pill.
label: Description
content: John Wyeth & Brother of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania began selling pharmaceuticals in 1860. The company was in continuous operation until it was bought by Pfizer in 2008. The Wyeth Brothers compressed these 5 grain (325mg) salicylic acid tablets around 1895. European chemists isolated salicylic acid from willow bark and meadowsweet in the early 19th century. Salicylic acid was a potent analgesic and antipyretic, relieving pain, fever, and inflammation, but tended to be very irritating on the stomach. Acetyl-salicylic acid (aspirin) was developed by Bayer at the end of the 19th century as a less-irritating salicylate medicine.
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Grodanz, David's Pharmacy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2002.0138.150
label: accession number
content: 2002.0138
label: catalog number
content: 2002.0138.150
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: salicylic acid (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in; 16.51 cm x 5.715 cm