Object Details
maker
Larned Corp.
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
for the relief of simple itching of the skin due to non-poisonous Insect Bites and Chafing. Also for the relief of itching of the scalp and for the removal of the scales of dandruff. .. will temporarily relive the itching caused by external piles.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
The Fournet Drugstore Collection
date made
after 1929
ID Number
1985.0475.540
accession number
1985.0475
catalog number
1985.0475.540
Object Name
otc preparation
scalp treatment
Physical Description
carbolic acid, 17.5 grs. per oz. (drug active ingredients)
cardboard (packaging material)
glass (container material)
sublimed sulphur (drug active ingredients)
camphor (drug active ingredients)
metal (container material)
menthol (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
box: 2 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.6675 cm x 4.445 cm x 4.445 cm
jar: 2 3/8 in x 1 3/4 in; 6.0325 cm x 4.445 cm
place made
United States: New Jersey, Jersey City
associated place
United States: Louisiana, Saint Martinville
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Health & Medicine
Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls
Beauty and Health
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_834811