'Wellcome' Ergonovine Maleate Injection, 0.2 mg.
date: label: product expiration date
content: 1953-08-23
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Wellcome and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Sealed cardboard box containing twelve (12) ampules of Ergonovine Maleate for injection. Label on box: "A sterilized solution for intravenous or intramuscular injection. Administered post-partum for the control of uterine hemorrhage. Average dose: 0.2 mg."
label: Description
content: Ergometrine, also known as ergonovine, is an alkaloid present in ergot, a fungus which growns on rye and related plants. Ergot has been used medically, particularly in childbirth, since at least the middle ages. Beginning in the early 20th century, scientists isolated and studied the active chemicals in ergot. In 1935, ergometrine (ergonvine) was isolated and recognized as the alkaloid responsible for stimulating uterine activity. It is chiefly used to prevent and treat excessive bleeding after birth (post-partum hemorrhage).
label: Description
content: Reference: Dudley, H W, and C Moir. “THE SUBSTANCE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TRADITIONAL CLINICAL EFFECT OF ERGOT.” British Medical Journal vol. 1, 3871 (1935): 520-3.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Tuckahoe
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Obstetrics
label: Subject
content: Childbirth
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift from School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10903.010
label: accession number
content: 259201
label: catalog number
content: M-10903.010
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ergometrine Maleate
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Ergometrine Maleate; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ergometrine maleate, 0.2 mg/1 cc. (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 1 in; 5.715 cm x 7.9375 cm x 2.54 cm