Calomel; Hydrargyri Chloridum Mite
date: label: Date made
content: 1932
name: label: maker
content: Parke, Davis and Company
notes: label: Description
content: One of forty-two (42) specimens illustrating the manufacture of pills and tablets donated by Parke, Davis and Company in 1932 for the pharmacy exhibits. The specimens illustrate the ingredients and intermediate steps in the production of Compound Cathartic Pills (see M-03184 through M-03193) and Pepsin, Bismuth and Charcoal Compressed Tablets (see M-03194 through M-03203). The specimens were exhibited along with photographs of the process from the Parke Davis plant in Detroit, Michigan, and several examples of packaged pill and tablet products. This exhibit replaced a 1921 exhibit on the same subject provided by El Lilly and Company (see accession 66991).
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Parke, Davis and Company; Accession 118114 (1932)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-03185
label: catalog number
content: M-03185
label: accession number
content: 118114
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Powder
label: Object Name
content: Dosage Form, Powder
label: Object Name
content: dosage form, powder
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical dosage form, powder
label: Object Type
content: powder
label: Other Terms
content: Dosage Form, Powder; Powder; Dosage Forms; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: white (overall color)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 4 in x 1 5/8 in; 10.16 cm x 4.1275 cm