Antique 1904 Tin Litho Tip Tray Antikamnia Quack Medicine St. Louis World's Fair

Description

Antique 1904 Tin Litho Tip Tray Antikamnia Quack Medicine St. Louis World's Fair
Features:
A RARE FIND!
Nice antique original advertising tray for Antikamnia Tablets - a souvenir from the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair
Rectangular shaped tray with rounded edges
Beautiful coloring and graphics with AK pill facsimile in each corner
"Feeling is a Sense, Feeling Pain is Nonsense No matter When or Where 'ANTIKAMNIA TABKETS' Two every Three Hours"
"COMPLIMENTS THE ANTIKAMNIA CHEMICAL COMPANY ST LOUIS, MO. U.S.A."
"FOR WOMEN'S ACHES AND ILLS"
Around edges are various uses for Antikamnia tablets: "INSOMNIA AND NERVOUSNESS", "HEADACHES AND SUN-PAIN", "PAIN, FEVER, LA GRIPPE" and "NEURALGIAS AND TOOTHACHES"
Made by American Can Co., New York and Chicago.
Antikamnia Chemical Company was founded by two former drug store owners in St. Louis in the late 1880s to sell Antikamnia, a medicine designed to combat both pain and fever. Its principal ingredient was acetanilide, a coal tar derivative which was later found to have the unfortunate side effect of producing cyanosis, meaning it turned extremities blue from a lack of oxygen. Deaths related to the ingredient were reported as early as 1891. Despite its dangers, Antikamnia does seem to have been effective at dampening pain. About 50 years later, scientists discovered that the primary metabolic product of acetanlilide is paracetamol, now known as acetaminophen—or Tylenol.
Dimensions
(approximate)
:
Length = 5 inches
Height
= 3.25 inches
Condition:
Antique: This is a used antique item in good condition that shows use and wear commensurate with age as photographed. See photos for detailed condition.
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