Object Details
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- For the relief of the discomfort of common cold sores (fever blisters)
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- collection
- Reid Drugstore
- maker
- McKesson and Robbins
- date made
- ca 1950
- Credit Line
- Gift of Blanche E. Reid
- Physical Description
- ethyl alcohol, 70% (drug active ingredients)
- benzyl alcohol, 5% (drug active ingredients)
- s-octyl phenol (drug active ingredients)
- n-heptyl phenol (drug active ingredients)
- camphor (drug active ingredients)
- synthetic gum benzoin (drug active ingredients)
- benzoic acid (drug active ingredients)
- t-amyl phenol (drug active ingredients)
- methyl salicylate (drug active ingredients)
- glass (container material)
- cardboard (container material)
- metal (container material)
- paper (container material)
- Measurements
- box: 2 1/4 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 in; 5.715 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.54 cm
- bottle: 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm
- cotton applicators, box of: 3/4 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 in; 1.905 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.54 cm
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- ?; Patent Medicines; Drugs
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