[Pictographic label for medicine bottles]

[Pictographic label for medicine bottles]

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Contributor(s):
Brands, Allan, photographer
United States. Public Health Service.
Publication:
[United States: , 19--]
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Public Health
Abstract:
A label for use on bottles of medications prescribed for non-readers; it was developed by PHS pharmacist G. Richard Hall and a Navajo Indian nurse; it depicts the rising and setting of the sun, a quarter moon, and the human life cycle.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101446839 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A018219
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101446839