Antifebrin
date: label: date made
content: 1906-1908
name: label: maker
content: Kalle and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
label: Description
content: For nervous affections, facial neuralgia, locomotor ataxia [inability to control movement], sciatica; intensive reflex headaches, and in headaches of various sorts.
label: Description
content: Administration: Dissolve in boiling water; stir; cool down to comfortable warmth for swallowing; sweeten to taste. If Whisky or Brandy is used as a solvent, NO HEAT is needed.
label: Description
content: Antefebrin was the brand name of the chemical acetanilide produced by Kalle & Company of Biebrich, Germany as an antipyretic [fever reducer] and analgesic. In 1886, Drs. Cahn and Hepp discovered acetanilide’s ability to reduce fever and relieve pain, branding their new discovery Antefebrin. Dosage was one ounce dissolved in boiling water or alcohol and taken every twenty to thirty minutes while symptoms persist. Kalle & Company was purchased by Hoechst in 1908. This container dates between 1906 and 1908.
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Hesse, Wiesbaden
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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 J. Locurto
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0219.137
label: accession number
content: 1981.0219
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0219.137
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acetanilid (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 7.3025 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm