Object Record
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Metadata
Date |
1960 |
Description |
Searle's Enovid-E Compack tablet dispenser for 21 days; dispenser is pink and top has a raised flower in center; enclosed are the 21 pink tablets in gold foil packaging; pills are arranged in a star design; each tablet is marked "Searle" on one side and "E" on opposite side; days of the week are marked along the edge of the dispenser; the tablets in the outermost circle are to be taken for the first 7 days, then the middle circle and innermost circle last; no expiration date noted; instructional booklet located inside of dispenser; cardboard case has robin's egg blue border and floral pattern on front with product name in black font; back of cardboard case lists tablet ingredients, dosage information, and pharmaceutical company. |
Catalog number |
2004.020.0598 |
Notes |
Enovid-E was first introduced in 1961 and each tablet contains norethynodrel 2.5mg and mestranol 0.1mg. |
Lexicon category |
Contraception |
Lexicon sub-category |
Contraceptives, oral |
Collection |
Skuy Collection |
Search Terms |
pill birth control pill oral contraceptive birth control contraceptives |
Accession number |
2004.020 |