Halabar "mild emotional stabilizer," Physician's Sample
date: label: Date made
content: c. 1955
label: Date made
content: ca. 1955
name: label: maker
content: G.W. Carnrick Company
notes: label: Description
content: Physician's Sample. Tri-fold paper card containing a packet of six yellow pills individually sealed in clear plastic. There is an image on the front of the card of a woman holding and admiring a bouquet of flowers, with the text: "Halbar / mild / emotional / stabilizer". The card's primary colors are light blue, white and pink. Drug information printed on card includes, side effects, dosage, packaging, and indications: "Indications: Tension and anxiety states, hypertensive states, menopausal irritability, premenstrual tension and psychoneuroses." Printed in the interior: "A feeling of calmness and well-being" and "Releasing Knots of Tension".
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Newark
topic: label: Subject
content: Menstruation
label: Subject
content: Menopause
label: Subject
content: Psychiatric Drug
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Menstruation: Symptom Relief
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. James Harvey Young
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0711.68
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0711.68
label: accession number
content: 1989.0711
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: butabarbital, 16 mg. (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: mephenesin, 300 mg. (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: .02 cm x 9 cm x 12 cm; in x 3 9/16 in x 4 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, closed: 4 3/4 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/16 in; 12.065 cm x 8.89 cm x .15875 cm