Object Details
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
- Sun Cholera Mixture, which contains several of the hot oils and a small amount of opium, is put up in tablets of five grains each. This mixture is used to relieve the distress in cramps and diarrhea, as well as to reduce the number of stools. These tablets are taken in doses of one or two every three hours until relief is obtained. [Manual on Ship Sanitation and First-aid for Merchant Seamen, 1923]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- Date made
- after 1938
- Physical Description
- ext. stramonium (drug active ingredients)
- tr. rhubarb (drug active ingredients)
- tr. capsicum (drug active ingredients)
- po. kino (drug active ingredients)
- po. ipecac (drug active ingredients)
- camphor (drug active ingredients)
- oil of peppermint (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 5.5 cm x 5 cm x 2 cm; 2 3/16 in x 1 15/16 in x 13/16 in
- overall: 2 1/4 in x 1 7/8 in x 3/4 in; 5.715 cm x 4.7625 cm x 1.905 cm
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Drugs
