'Wellcome' Ergonovine Maleate, 1 cc. ampule
name: label: maker
content: Burroughs Wellcome and Company
notes: 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
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0760.088
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0760.088
label: accession number
content: 1981.0760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Ergonovine Maleate
label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Ergonovine Maleate; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 1/8 in x 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 1.27 cm