Dexaspan-B, Professional Sample
notes: label: Description
content: Pink tri-fold paper card with black text on the cover. The card holds seven green and yellow capsules in a blister pack. There is space for prescribing directions and the doctor's name. One section of the card is a removable postage paid mailing card for the patient to return to the manufacturer for a free gift if they are successful in losing a prescribed number of pounds. Text on the cover list the alleged advantages of Dexaspan-B as an aid for weight loss: "Little chance of "jolts" in the morning" and "Little chance of "jitters" at night which interfere with sleep" and "Patient usually comfortably unaware of being on medication." The product contains amphetamine and barbiturate.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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: 1981.0895.182
label: accession number
content: 1981.0895
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0895.182
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: dextroamphetamine sulfate, 15 mg.; amobarbital, 100 mg. (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 19/32 in x 4 7/8 in x 3/8 in; 9.0932 cm x 12.3825 cm x .9525 cm