Tabellae Anorethidrani Dipropionatis Oral Contraceptive
date: label: date made
content: 1988
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The popularity of “the Pill” created a new market for pharmaceutical companies. For the first time, healthy women would be taking medication for an extended period of time. Pill manufacturers developed unique packaging in order to distinguish their product from those of their competitors and build brand loyalty. Packaging design often incorporated a “memory aid” to assist women in tracking their daily pill regimen, as well as styled cases to allow pills to be discreetly carried in bags and purses. The National Museum of American History’s Division of Medicine and Science’s collection of oral contraceptives illustrates some of the changes that the packaging and marketing of the Pill underwent from its inception in 1960 to the present.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This oral contraceptive was produced by the Sine Pharmaceutical Corporation of Shanghai, China, around 1988. The blister pack contains 12 red pills of unknown hormonal composition. The medication comes with a pamphlet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: China
topic: label: Subject
content: Birth Control/Contraception
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Birth Control
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Kiehl's Inc.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1989.0196.009
label: catalog number
content: 1989.0196.009
label: accession number
content: 1989.0196
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceuticals, pack of
label: Object Name
content: contraceptive, oral
label: Other Terms
content: pharmaceuticals, pack of; Pharmaceuticals; Contraceptives; Oral Contraceptives; Tablets
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: norethindron, 7.5 mg (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: caffeine, 20 mg. (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.3 cm x 3.5 cm x .4 cm; 3 9/32 in x 1 3/8 in x 5/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall, pill pack: 3 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 1/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 3.4925 cm x .3175 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall, instruction sheets: 5 in x 3 1/2 in; 12.7 cm x 8.89 cm