Bayer-Tablets of Aspirin
date: label: date made
content: ca 1930
name: label: maker
content: Bayer Company, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
label: Description
content: Used since 1900 for the relief of Pain and Discomfort in Simple Headaches and Neuralgias, Head Colds, Muscular Aches and Pains, and as a gargle for relief of minor throat irritations. Does 1-2 tablets with water 3 to 4 times daily as required. Genuine Bayer Aspirin Tablets are made exclusively by the Bayer Company, Inc., Originators of Aspirin.
label: Description
content: Aspirin, acetyl salicylic acid, was developed in the late 19th century at the Bayer company in Elberfeld, Germany. In 1900, Bayer received a patent for the drug in the United States and also registered the trademark name, Aspirin. The patent expired in 1917, and the trademark was partly struck down in a 1921 court ruling. The judge ruled that the aspirin name had passed into the public domain and that packages of 50 or less tablets could be sold to the public as "aspirin" by any manufacturer. The red script "Genuine," featured on this tin, appeared in Bayer Tablets of Aspirin advertising shortly after the 1921 ruling and was incorporated in the product label.
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, Rensselaer
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: American Enterprise
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content: Balm of America
label: Exhibition
content: American Enterprise
label: Exhibition Location
content: National Museum of American History
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Doris H. Bratten (Mrs. Roscoe C. Bratten, D.D.S.)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.312608.342
label: catalog number
content: 312608.342
label: accession number
content: 312608
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: acetylsalicylic acid, 5 grains per tablet (drug active ingredient)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3/8 in x 13 7/8 in x 1 3/8 in; .9525 cm x 35.2425 cm x 3.4925 cm