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This digital collection features selected medications and documents, manuals, and photographs relating to biochemical research and technology, with a focus on 20th-century instrumentation in medical laboratories. Various models of glucose, enzyme, and amino acid analyzers are a few of the instruments documented in these materials.

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    Vessels (Containers), Medical equipment & supplies

    Can of Naturalax

    • Plantago Psyllium L for Constipation, A Normal Bowel Regulator
    • 1920s

    Light gold painted metal can and lid both with extensive black and gold lettering and decoration. The main label reads "NATURALAX." Lid is rusted shut but the can appears to be full.

    • Manufacturer Lanman & Kemp, Inc.
    • Subject Plantago psyllium, Psyllium products, Psyllium (Plants), Laxatives, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Medicine bottles, Victorian, Lanman & Kemp, Inc.
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    Vessels (Containers), Medical equipment & supplies

    Can of Langlebert's Psyllium Seeds

    • 1800s

    Gold painted metal can and lid both with extensive dark blue lettering and decoration.The main label reads "LANGLEBERT'S PSYLLIUM SEEDS." The can is full of small brown psyllium seeds, a source of soluble dietary fiber.

    • Manufacturer Ad. [Adolphe] Langlebert
    • Subject Plantago psyllium, Psyllium products, Psyllium (Plants), Laxatives, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Medicine bottles, Victorian, Ad. [Adolphe] Langlebert
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    Vessels (Containers), Medical equipment & supplies

    Bottle of Metamucil

    • Psyllium Hydrophilic Mucilloid, A Natural Vegetable Powder for Treatment of Constipation
    • Before 1985

    White plastic container with white painted screw capped metal lid. The main label is "Metamucil." Extensive descriptive and use information is printed on the container in green. The container is full with original seal…

    • Manufacturer G.D. Searle & Co.
    • Subject Plantago psyllium, G.D. Searle & Co., Psyllium products, Psyllium (Plants), Laxatives, Drugs, Medicine bottles, Metamucil

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