Gastron with Iron
name: label: maker
content: Fairchild Brothers & Foster
notes: label: Description
content: An amber glass bottle with a paper label and a black plastic cap. A small amount of liquid remains. 6 Fl. Oz. bottle. originated and Manufactured by Fairchild Bros. & Foster, New York, N.Y. Printed on label: "Gastron is a solution of the gastric juice obtained by direct extraction from the fresh [hog] stomach gland. It contains the active principles of the gastric cells, the enzymes, the associated organic and inorganic constituents, in an aromatised aqueous-acid-glycerine menstruum, free from alcohol."
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1985.0516.116
label: catalog number
content: 1985.0516.116
label: accession number
content: 1985.0516
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 6 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 5/8 in; 15.24 cm x 5.715 cm x 4.1275 cm