Electrocuprol, Cuivre Colloidal Electrique a Petits Grains (Colloidal Copper)
notes: label: Description
content: Six (6) red paper-covered cardboard boxes with hinged lids and white, black and blue label on top. Boxes contain (6) 5cc glass ampules nested in cotton or wool. Three boxes have an outer paper wrapping and are sealed. Maker: Laboratoires Clin; Clin & Cie., Comar & Cie., 20, Rue des Fosses St. Jacques, France. Indications: Cancer, Tuberculosis, Infectious diseases (1914 advert., BMJ)
label: Description
content: Uses mentioned in medical journals: (1914) used in the treatment of fever in tuberculosis; (1920 Yearbook of the APhA) used as an injection in the treatment of sarcoma and carcinoma.
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.59672.15
label: accession number
content: 59672
label: catalog number
content: 59672.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Colloidal, Electrique; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: colloidal copper (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper; cardboard (packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: overall, each: 1 1/4 in x 5 in x 3 7/8 in; 3.175 cm x 12.7 cm x 9.8425 cm