Caffeine Hydrobromide Crystals P-W-R
date: label: date made
content: 1881-1922
label: date made
content: ca 1922
name: label: maker
content: Powers Weightman Rosengarten Company
notes: label: Description
content: One of thirteen (13) specimens of medicinal alkaloids and alkaloidal salts donated by the Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Company (P-W-R) in 1922 for the pharmacy exhibits. Medicinal alkaloids and alkaloidal salts are physiologically active chemicals derived from plants. In the exhibit, specimens of medicinal alkaloids were displayed alongside specimens of the crude drugs and powdered drugs from which they are extracted.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Powers-Weightman-Rosengarten Co.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-01538
label: catalog number
content: M-01538
label: accession number
content: 67989
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Caffeine Hydrobromide Crystals
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Caffeine Hydrobromide Crystals; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper and string (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: Caffeine Hydrobromide (overall active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 9.2075 cm x 3.81 cm