Silver Nitrate, 2% Solution, Wax Ampoules
name: label: maker
content: Eli Lilly and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Green cardboard box with white and black label and red Lilly logo. Box contains ten (10) small metal tins each containing two (2) wax capsules and a paper insert. Two tins are missing from the original dozen tins in the box. Printed on box label: "For the Prevention and Treatment of Ophthalmia Neonatorum."
label: Description
content: Ophthalmia Neonatorum is an infection of the newborn's eyes usually contracted from exposure to bacteria during vaginal delivery. Historically, <i>Neisseria gonorrhoeae</i>, the bacteria causing gonorrhea, was of the greatest concern. In the late 1800s, Dr. Carl Credé (1819–1892), a German gynecologist and obstetrician, began using a 2% solution of silver nitrate to prevent this infection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: associated place
content: United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
topic: label: associated subject
content: Ophthalmology
label: associated subject
content: Childbirth
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: The Fournet Drugstore Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0475.695
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0475.695
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
label: accession number
content: 1985.0475
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Object Type
content: Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10 cm x 7.9 cm x 3.3 cm; 3 15/16 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 5/16 in
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 1/8 in x 4 in x 1 3/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 10.16 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: tins, each: 1 3/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 3/8 in; 3.4925 cm x 4.7625 cm x .9525 cm