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Chaulmoogra Oil (Oleum Chaulmoograe)

Object Details

Description
One of six pharmaceuticals in display bottles donated to the museum in 1926 by the Parke, Davis and Company. The curator requested these specimens for use in an exhibition of official drugs added to the U.S. Pharmacopoeia,Tenth Revision (U.S.P. X), made official January 1,1926.
Location
Currently not on view
Data Source
National Museum of American History
maker
Parke, Davis and Company
Date made
ca 1926
Credit Line
Gift of Parke, Davis and Company
Physical Description
chaulmoogra oil (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 5 1/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 13.0175 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm
Object Name
Pharmaceutical
pharmaceutical
Other Terms
Pharmaceutical; Chaulmoogra Oil; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
pharmaceutical
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