Milnesia Wafers

Object/Artifact

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Marvin Samson Museum for the History of Pharmacy

Name/Title

Milnesia Wafers

Entry/Object ID

PCP.2004.1.7

Description

Box and squat blue glass bottle of "Milnesia" anti-acid wafers, each wafer containing four teaspoons of Milk of Magnesia

Category

medicines

Acquisition

Accession

PCP.2004.1

Source or Donor

Sidney Weinberg

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift of Sidney Weinberg (Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, class of 1954), 2004

Made/Created

Manufacturer

Milnesia Laboratories, Inc.

Time Period

Early to mid-20th Century

Place

State/Province

New York

Country

USA

Continent

North America

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Box

Height

4 in

Width

1-1/2 in

Length

2-1/4 in

Dimension Description

Bottle

Height

3-3/4 in

Width

1-1/2 in

Length

2-1/8 in

Interpretative Labels

Label Type

Object Label

Label

From 2016 gallery label: The selection shown here is from approximately 200 items (mostly medicines and a wide variety of drugstore products) generously gifted by retired Philadelphia pharmacist, and PCP alumnus, Sidney Weinberg. The majority of these items originated from a pharmacy in Northeast Philadelphia founded in the early 20th century.