Phillips' Phospho-Muriate of Quinine Compound
date: label: date made
content: ca 1910
name: label: maker
content: Chas. H. Phillips Chemical Company
notes: label: Description
content: Cardboard box containing a glass bottle with cork stopper and paper label. Bottle is full of dark liquid. Made in Glenbrook [Stamford] Conn. "SAMPLE -- NOT TO BE SOLD" is stamped on both the box and the bottle label. This product was available at least by 1887 and likely a few years earlier. It was still being advertised in 1937.
label: Description
content: The indications or use of this product as stated on the packaging are: A reliable general tonic. An effective tonic for the nervous system and digestive organs, also indicated in defective nutrition, malarial conditions and during convalescence.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Connecticut, Stamford
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Joseph F. and Rosemary L. Robrecht
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1981.0227.122
label: accession number
content: 1981.0227
label: catalog number
content: 1981.0227.122
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceutical; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: Phosphoric acid, 2 minims per fl. drachm; potassium phosphate; magnesium phosphate; calcium phosphate; ferris phosphate; Quinine muriate, 1/4 grains per fl. drachm; strychnine, 1/120 grain per fl. drachm; flavoring, glycerine and syrup (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging (box) material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 4 7/8 in x 2 in x 1 1/4 in; 12.3825 cm x 5.08 cm x 3.175 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 4 5/8 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 1/4 in; 11.7475 cm x 4.7625 cm x 3.175 cm