Stark's Headache Powders

Item

Title
Stark's Headache Powders
Description
White box containing small paper packets of powder. Text lists the price as "8 POWDERS 25 CENTS."

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For relief of simple headache and neuralgia pains and minor menstrual discomforts. Directions: Put powder on tongue, take with drink of water. Repeat in 3 or 4 hours if necessary. Warning: Too frequent use may be injurious. Do not take more than 3 powders in 24 hours. Not for use by Children [printed on label].

Drug active ingredients: acetophenitidine [acetophenetidin, Phenacetin], 5 grains, caffeine, soda.
Identifier
2022-JL-PMP-06
Creator
Starks and Company
Date Created
ca 1920s
Format
overall: 2 1/8 in x 3 5/8 in x 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 9.2075 cm x 1.27 cm
Spatial Coverage
Kentucky
Source
National Museum of American History
Relation
https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_737713
Provenance
Gift of Blanche E. Reid