Injection of Matico
date: label: date made
content: 1850 - 1900
label: date made
content: ca 1860 - 1910
label: date made
content: ca 1890
name: label: maker
content: Grimault and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: The invaluable plant called Matica, native of Peru, possesses extraordinary preventative and astringent properties. A few injections, each of a very short duration are sufficient to arrest the most inveterate discharges.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France: Île-de-France, Paris
topic: label: Subject
content: STD Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1984.0782.119
label: accession number
content: 1984.0782
label: catalog number
content: 1984.0782.119
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Object Type
content: Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: matico (Piper Angustifolium) (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 15.875 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.81 cm