Novocain-Suprarenin Tablets "E"
name: label: maker
content: H. A. Metz Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: Several glass vials with paper wrappers, in cardboard box with label that reads in part “N.S. TABLETS ‘E’ / TRADE-MARK REGISTERED U.S. PAT. OFF. / 10 TUBES EACH CONTAINING / 20 Novocaine-Suprarenin / (Procaine) Tablets ‘E’ / FOR LOCAL ANESTHESIA” AND “H. A. METZ LABORATORIES, Inc. / 122 Hudson Street, New York.”
label: Description
content: Alfred Einhorn, a German chemist, synthesized procaine in 1905 and gave it the trade name Novocaine. It was introduced to medical practice soon thereafter and used largely for dental purposes. Herman August Metz (1867-1934) was a New Yorker of German descent who worked for several firms that manufactured and imported German dyestuffs, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals. He established his own firm, H. A. Metz & Co., in 1903.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: W. Harry Archer, D.D.S.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-07139
label: catalog number
content: M-07139
label: accession number
content: 218892
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Procaine
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Procaine; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: box: 1 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/4 in; 4.1275 cm x 5.715 cm x 1.92405 cm
label: Measurements
content: wrapped bottle, each: 2 in x 1/4 in; 5.08 cm x .635 cm
label: Measurements
content: unwrapper bottle: 1 3/4 in x 1/4 in; 4.445 cm x .635 cm