https://martaphoenixproject.gsuanthropology.com/files/original/12eec8f97c8bbdacc7b16e6bb95269e5.jpg b5dc7c539fb1bd5eab0c034ef14b1920 https://martaphoenixproject.gsuanthropology.com/files/original/c87643690aaa1af28dd22345f3d313ed.jpg d610c5d66754e3207b850e855ffd16b4 https://martaphoenixproject.gsuanthropology.com/files/original/fd04532900bcbe63b78c3e4bef2bb8b0.jpg 93211ed74e5e9679c39ac52c62d5eb5e https://martaphoenixproject.gsuanthropology.com/files/original/00a23772a5d406145a5407aebd434d95.png c0d4ea58e108382c851b316a6347b5af Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Artifacts Description An account of the resource We have catalogued all the items that have recognizable branding or historical significance. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bromo Seltzer Description An account of the resource Remedy for nervous headache, neuralgia, brain fatigue, sleeplessness, over-brain work, depression following alcoholic and other excesses, mental exhaustion Physical Description: acetanilide, 20 grains per ounce (drug active ingredients) Bromo-Seltzer was hugely popular for decades, selling an average of $20,000,000 a year. However, it contained two addictive, poisonous compounds, encouraging its popularity by creating addicts, and eventually ensuring its own demise. The first of the compounds to be recognized as potentially harmful was acetanilide. While the 1906 FDA did require that acetanilide be listed as one of the active ingredients, the more crucial information – namely that the compound could be fatal in regular doses – was not required on the label. (Fike 1987:111, Munsey 1992:5, Munsey 2010) Bromo-Seltzer bottles and embossed fragments make up 48 of the medicinal vessels found in the MARTA collection. By far this is the most numerous product represented within the sample, both in quantity and variety. The four sizes are present, as well as one more recent bottle, shown in the above image. This post 1950 bottle was not included statistically but gives an impression of both the consistency of form as well as the variation of style and technology in bottling this popular medicine. Material Type: Glass Descriptor: Cobalt Form: Circular Embossing: BROMO-SELTZER/EMERSON/DRUG CO/BALTIMORE MD. Product Name: Bromo-Seltzer Target: Headache Proprietary Product Manufacturer: Emerson Drug Co Source Location: Baltimore, MD Source Region: Southeast  See: Artifact ID(s): (9Da89) P1052, P118, P1376, (9Fu91) P1452, P1334, P1616, P1480, P638, P1798, P1874, P1314, P1559, P1769, P1569, P1580, P1812, P1841, P1791, P1970, P1904, P3030, P3141, P2000, P3158, P3189, P3279, P3410, P3452, P557, P3213 Site ID(s): 9Da89, 9Fu91 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Dates produced: 1890-1954 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Weight: 352.5g Diameter: 68.2 Height: 16.5cm Subject The topic of the resource Medicine Internal Medicine Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Cook, David L., "Medicinal Vessels of the First Gilded Age (1870-1929): Properties of Promise or Hokum of False Hope?." Thesis, Georgia State University, 2014. doi: https://doi.org/10.57709/6430686 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Phoenix Project Type The nature or genre of the resource Glass Bottle Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1452/170 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 9FU91 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lauren Cook Medicine