Record

Reference NumberCSFH/9/56
TitleEntero-Sediv Suspension
Date1925-1975
Creator NameGrunenthal GMBH, pharmaceutical company, 1946-
DescriptionThis is an unopened professional sample box containing a medicine bottle of Entero-Sediv. The box, coloured yellow, details the ingredients of the medicine, its uses, and the pharmaceutical company in blue ink. The box includes four leaflets, two pink and two white, with instructions in French, German, Spanish, and English on how to prepare the suspension. It also contains a white plastic spoon. Each lateral folding flap states, in the different languages,“shake well before use”, while the top of the box indicates that the prepared suspension should be used within 14 days. Entero-Sediv was used for the treatment of dyspepsia, diarrhoea, and intestinal infections, especially in children.
Extent1 item
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Credit LineRoyal College of Physicians of Ireland
Object NameMedicine-Box
TermPowders
Pharmaceuticals
Pharmaceutical Preparations
Drug Therapy
Organic Chemicals
Sodium Compounds
Suspensions
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/64Dublin; Cork Street Fever Hospital; 1801-19531801-1953
DS/UK/4437Grunenthal; 1946-; pharmaceutical company1946-
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