Electrargol, Argent Colloidal Electrique a Petits Grains (Colloidal Silver)
notes: label: Description
content: Six (6) red paper-covered cardboard boxes with hinged lids and white, black and red label on top. Boxes contain (6) 5cc glass ampules nested in cotton or wool. Two boxes have an outer paper wrapping and are sealed. Maker: Laboratoires Clin; Clin & Cie. - Comar & Cie., 20, Rue des Fosses St. Jacques, France. Therapeuitc Indications: All infectious diseases and in particular: pneumonia, bronchopneumonia, measles, variola, puerperal septicaemia, scarlatina, cholera, Malta fever, acute meningitis. Local applications: mammary abscess, epididymitis and orchitis [infections in testicles], whitlow [infection of the finger tip], furunculosis [infection of hair follicle, boil]. (1914 ad, BMJ);
label: Description
content: Indications, 1915, New and Unofficial: claimed to be antiseptic and germicidal and non-irritating even when injected hypodermically or intravenously. It is also said to be useful when applied locally in inflammatory conditions, and it has been used in surgical cases.
label: Description
content: This item is part of a collection of pharmaceutical products exhibited by the French companies, Astier Pharmacie and Clin et Cie., at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition held in San Francisco, California, in 1915. Following the close of exhibition, the objects were donated to the Smithsonian by the French Commission to the exposition.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: related event
content: Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.59672.14
label: accession number
content: 59672
label: catalog number
content: 59672.14
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Colloidal, Argent; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: colloidal silver (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper; cardboard (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, each: 1 1/8 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 2.8575 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm