Mesopin-PB, "for the "Squeeze" of g.i. spasm," Physician's Sample
name: label: maker
content: Endo Products
notes: label: Description
content: Red, pink, and white, tri-fold paper card with a drawing of a person in distress with a rope being pulled tight around his waist, and the text: "for the "Squeeze" of g.i. spasm, Mesopin-PB Double Strength." Card holds a packet of eight (8) green tablets individually sealed in clear plastic. Text on card includes drug information, indications, and dosage. Interior of card has a simple line drawing of a figure pulling the other end of the rope.
label: Description
content: Indications: For the relief of functional derangements associated with gastrointestinal spasticity causing such common symptoms as fullness, distention, flatulence, nausea, or spastic constipation. Effective in pylorospasm, cardiospasm, spastic colon, and biliary spasm, as well as spasm associated with organic disease such as peptic ulcer, gastritis, and cholecystitis. The combination of Mesopin and phenobarbital provides selective spasmolysis and central sedation for the relief of visceral symptoms and concomitant nervous tension.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. James Harvey Young
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0711.70
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0711.70
label: accession number
content: 1989.0711
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: mesopin, 5mg (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: phenobarbital, 15mg (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 14 cm x 8.9 cm x .2 cm; 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, folded: 5 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in x 1/4 in; 13.97 cm x 8.89 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall. open: 5 1/2 in x 10 3/8 in x 1/32 in; 13.97 cm x 26.3525 cm x .07938 cm