Tri-Novum Oral Contraceptive
date: label: date made
content: 1988
name: label: maker
content: Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical Limited
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The popularity of “the Pill” created a new market for pharmaceutical companies. For the first time, healthy women would be taking medication for an extended period of time. Pill manufacturers developed unique packaging in order to distinguish their product from those of their competitors and build brand loyalty. Packaging design often incorporated a “memory aid” to assist women in tracking their daily pill regimen, as well as styled cases to allow pills to be discreetly carried in bags and purses. The National Museum of American History’s Division of Medicine and Science’s collection of oral contraceptives illustrates some of the changes that the packaging and marketing of the Pill underwent from its inception in 1960 to the present.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Ortho-Cilag Pharmaceutical Limited of Buckinghamshire, England, produced this TriNovum brand oral contraceptive in 1988. The monthly dosage of 21 pills is arranged in three rows of 7 pills, numbered 1–21 in a switchback pattern, with the days of the week listed at the left. This package of TriNovum contains three blister packs of 21 pills.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United Kingdom: England, Buckinghamshire
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Birth Control
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kiehl's Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0196.216
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0196.216
label: accession number
content: 1989.0196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: oral contraceptives, tablets of
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, oral
label: Other Terms
content: oral contraceptives, tablets of; Pharmaceuticals; Contraceptives; Tablets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: foil (blister packs material)
label: Physical Description
content: norethisterone B. P., 0.5 mg (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: ethinyloestradiol B. P., 35 mcg (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: norethisterone B. P., 0.75 mg (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: norethisterone B. P., 1.0 mg (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (box material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (blister packs material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (leaflet material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1.3 cm x 9.6 cm x 4.4 cm; 1/2 in x 3 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in
label: Measurements
content: blister packs (3): 9 cm x 4 cm; 3 9/16 in x 1 9/16 in
label: Measurements
content: folded leaflet: 26.5 cm x 25.5 cm; 10 7/16 in x 10 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, box: 1 3/4 in x 4 in x 1/2 in; 4.445 cm x 10.16 cm x 1.27 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, pill pack: 1 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/8 in; 3.81 cm x 8.89 cm x .3175 cm