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Miltown Pharm.|ˈmɪltaʊn|
Also (erron.) Milltown.
A proprietary name for meprobamate; a tablet of this drug.
1954F. M. Berger in Jrnl. Pharmacol. & Exper. Therap. CXII. 413 2-Methyl-2-n-propyl-1, 3-propanediol carbamate was unique in that it possessed a muscle relaxant and sedative action of an unusual kind. This compound has been named Miltown. 1956A. Huxley Let. 20 Oct. (1969) 810 The conference on meprobamate was quite interesting and I made some pleasant acquaintances—Dr. (F. M.) Berger, the inventor of Miltown, [etc.]. 1957Trade Marks Jrnl. 27 Feb. 191/2 Miltown... Pharmaceutical preparations in pill, tablet and powder form, or in liquid form for intravenous injection, all for use in the treatment of tension, as muscular relaxants and as anti⁓convulsants. Carter Products, Inc... New York. 1960R. L. C. Fitz Gibbon When Kissing had to Stop vii. 91 All myths are to a greater or lesser extent tranquillisers in one way or another. But a government can't function on Milltown. 1964M. McLuhan Understanding Media (1967) vii. 77 Would it not seem suddenly to be a conspiracy to make the artist a frill, a fribble, or a Milltown? 1969[see meprobamate]. |