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A medication dispenser is disclosed for providing pills to a patient at preselected times of day. The dispenser is comprised of a box-like structure having twenty-eight rectangular receptacles arranged in four rows of seven receptacles each, thereby presenting a matrix of four rows and seven columns

A medication dispenser is disclosed for providing pills to a patient at preselected times of day. The dispenser is comprised of a box-like structure having twenty-eight rectangular receptacles arranged in four rows of seven receptacles each, thereby presenting a matrix of four rows and seven columns. Each of the receptacles can hold a prescribed dose of medication to be taken by a patient at preselected times of day during a week. Each column is labeled with a different day of the week, and each lid is provided with rotatable wheels which can be used to preselect any given time on any given day to dispense medication to a patient.

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A unit dose medication dispenser to provide pills to a patient at preselected times of day, said dispenser comprising: a rigid, rectilinear container comprised of rectangular receptacles arranged in rows of seven receptacles each, thereby presenting a matrix of rows and seven columns; each receptacl

A unit dose medication dispenser to provide pills to a patient at preselected times of day, said dispenser comprising: a rigid, rectilinear container comprised of rectangular receptacles arranged in rows of seven receptacles each, thereby presenting a matrix of rows and seven columns; each receptacle being further comprised of a bottom, four upwardly extending sidewalls, and a liftable flat lid hingedly attached to the top of one of the sidewalls, each lid being provided with a tab to facilitate lifting of the lid; means for designating each column with a different day of the week and each lid selectively with a time of the day before noon and after noon, wherein said means for designating each lid with the time of the day is comprised of a subcompartment within each receptacle, first and second substantially parallel and vertically oriented wheels disposed within said subcompartment, and a substantially horizontally oriented spindle fixed within said subcompartment on which said wheels are rotatably mounted for independent rotation, the arcuate wall of said first wheel further being imprinted with numbers representing the hours of the day, the arcuate wall of said second wheel being imprinted with letters representing a.m. and p.m., each lid being provided with a cut-away portion through which a single number in its entirety and a single letter in its entirety may be seen when said wheels are set to a desired time of day at which medication is to dispensed.