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Taylor's Oil of Life - for Man or Beast

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    Object Details

    maker

    G. C. Taylor Company

    Description

    The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
    For human flesh: cuts, burns, bruises, chilblains, frost bites, chapped hands, sore throat, diphtheria, rheumatism, piles, ear ache, etc. Internally: coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough, phthistic, asthma and kidney affections.
    For horses: botts, belly ache, yellow water, coughs, colds, and horse distemper. Nothing like it for heaves and all sores, corks, galls and barbed wire fence cuts and flesh wounds of all kinds, and the scratches. For cattle: horn distemper, caked bags, cracked teats, etc.

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Credit Line

    Gift of Mr. James Harvey Young

    date made

    ca 1900

    ID Number

    1989.0711.57

    catalog number

    1989.0711.57

    accession number

    1989.0711

    Object Name

    otc preparation
    veterinary product

    Measurements

    box: 10 3/4 in x 3 5/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 27.305 cm x 9.2075 cm x 6.0325 cm
    bottle: 10 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in x 2 in; 26.67 cm x 8.255 cm x 5.08 cm

    place made

    United States: New York, Fairport

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    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    First Aid Products & Antiseptics
    Veterinary Products
    Skin & Dermatology Drugs
    Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
    Respiratory & Asthma Drugs
    Rheumatism & Arthritis Drugs

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-74c8-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_748957

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