Ergotrate
Subtitle: the maleate of a new active principle (base) isolated from ergot in crystalline material - stable, nontoxic, and possessing all the desirable, potent, oxytocic activity in ergot
By: Eli Lilly and Company
Publisher: Eli Lilly and Company
Published: 1935
Place of publication: Indianapolis, Indiana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Ergot alkaloids; Puerperal disorders; Treatment; Uterine hemorrhage; Animal experimentation; Pregnant women; Health and hygiene; Ergonovine
Description: Information booklet for Eli Lilly and Company's drug Ergotrate for use during the postpartum period to treat complications of the uterus. Written for medical professionals. Includes details of various testing done on animals for pharmacologic investigations of the drug.
Notes: Title from cover.

Publication date based on dated references on pages 4 and 24.

"Therapeutically effective in limiting postpartum hemorrhage and accelerating uterine involution during the puerperium." -- from front cover.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 24-25).

Discoloration on top half of back cover; small area of upper edge of corner and first several pages eaten or worn away.

Original green and white paper covers.