Stark's Headache Powders

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
Medium: cardboard; wrappers (containers)
Spatial Coverage: Kentucky
Subject: Patent medicines; Drugs, Nonprescription; Headache--Treatment; Neuralgia
Rights: NO COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY
Source: National Museum of American History
Relation: https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_737713
Provenance: Gift of Blanche E. Reid

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