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Antikamnia & Codeine Tablets

Object Details

Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging: For coughs, colds, bronchial and laryngeal affections; for dysmenorrhoea and allied aches; for rheumatic pain, neuralgia, for fever pain generally
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
Antikamnia Remedy Company
Date made
after 1919
Credit Line
Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina
Physical Description
metal (overall packaging material)
acetanilid (drug active ingredients)
codeine sulphate (derivative of opium) (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 2 3/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 6.0325 cm x 4.1275 cm
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
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