Display samples only, Lilly Pills, showing representative shapes, sizes and coatings
- Circa 1919
Eleven arranged bottles of different shaped and colored pills in bottles.
Created by Eli Lilly & Company, this handbook is meant for pharmacists. It is a list of products and contains practical information such as concentration and dosing. In the appendix there are botanical synonyms, definitions of biological and medical terms, a list of diseases with remedies, and a dose table. Throughout the book there are images and illustrations of Lilly's facilities, farms, laboratories, factories, and products. The Lilly company was founded by Eli Lilly in 1876 to produce medicinal drugs and products.
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Eli Lilly and Company. “Display Samples Only, Lilly Pills, Showing Representative Shapes, Sizes and Coatings.” Hand Book of Pharmacy and Therapeutics. Indianapolis, Indiana, circa 1919. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/cf95jc80v.
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