Object Details
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: To be used as an external poultice. Good Samaritan ointment, an antiphlogistic and antiseptic preparation, is to be used as an aid in the treatment of the following affections: surface burns and scalds, sunburn, windburn, chapped hands, dry or cracked skin, relief of corn pains, and other skin irritations. Acts beneficially when used as a poultice for strains and minor muscular aches, caused by fatigue or exertion, and tender, tired, or burning feet.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- maker
- Good Samaritan Ointment Company
- date made
- after 1929
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
- Physical Description
- oxyquinoline sulphate (drug active ingredients)
- methyl salicylate (drug active ingredients)
- carbonate of lead (drug active ingredients)
- olive oil (drug active ingredients)
- beeswax (drug active ingredients)
- oil of sassafras (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 8.89 cm
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
