"Sun" Cholera Tablets, Modified (No Opiate)
date: label: Date made
content: after 1938
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
label: Description
content: Sun Cholera Mixture, which contains several of the hot oils and a small amount of opium, is put up in tablets of five grains each. This mixture is used to relieve the distress in cramps and diarrhea, as well as to reduce the number of stools. These tablets are taken in doses of one or two every three hours until relief is obtained. [Manual on Ship Sanitation and First-aid for Merchant Seamen, 1923]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, Norwich
topic: label: Subject
content: Diarrhea Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & 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.293320.1382
label: catalog number
content: 293320.1382
label: accession number
content: 293320
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ext. stramonium (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: tr. rhubarb (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: tr. capsicum (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: po. kino (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: po. ipecac (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: camphor (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: oil of peppermint (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.5 cm x 5 cm x 2 cm; 2 3/16 in x 1 15/16 in x 13/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 4.7625 cm x 1.905 cm