Glycogen de Nitis
date: label: date made
content: ca 1905
name: label: maker
content: E. Fougera and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Brown and gold-colored tin with hinged lid and decorative motif on sides and borders. Tin is empty. Original contents: one grain capsules of Glycogen. Probably imported from France by E. Fougera and Company of New York.
label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: In tuberculosis, typhoid fever, scarlatina, furunculosis [infection of the hair follicle], diphtheria, influenza, in neurasthenic conditions, weak heart, migraine, morphinism, tobaccoism, etc.
label: Description
content: Antitoxic and distinctly bactericidal, stimulating the natural resistance of the organism to pathogenic invasions.
label: Description
content: In the early 1900s, French doctor, Jacques de Nittis, introduced the therapeutic use of glycogen, a naturally occuring substance which stores carbohydrates in the body. The substance was thought to help increase the production of white blood cells and thus help the body fight off infection. It was also employed in wasting conditions such as those brought on by cancer, tuberculosis, and diabetes, to help rebuild strenghth and weight.
label: Description
content: SEE: de Nittis, Jacques, "Glycogen, A Therapeutic Aid (Translated from the Tribune Medicale, April 2, 1904.)" in Southern Medicine, Volume 11, No. 3, September, 1904, pp 11-12.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Catherine McConnell in Honor of Howard Skelton
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2019.0068.01
label: catalog number
content: 2019.0068.01
label: accession number
content: 2019.0068
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: metal, tin (container material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1.5 cm x 5.5 cm x 3.4 cm; 19/32 in x 2 5/32 in x 1 11/32 in