Kennedy's Salt Rheum Ointment

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maker: Donald Kennedy

Description: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:; Cures salt rheum, scurvy sores, inflammatory piles, erysipelas sores, ulcers on the legs, lichen, frost bites, chilblains, burns and scalds, scald head, sore nipples, nursing sore mouth, ringworms, sore ears, earache, venemous bites, inflamed and sore eyes, chafing and galling on man or beast, and all skin diseases of a hot, itchy or imflammatory nature
Location: Currently not on view

Date made: ca 1900

ID Number: MG.293320.1220
catalog number: 293320.1220
accession number: 293320

Object Name: otc preparation
Other Terms: Drugs

Measurements: overall: 9 cm x 7 cm; 3 9/16 in x 2 3/4 in; overall: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/8 in; 8.89 cm x 5.3975 cm

Place Made: United States: Massachusetts, Boston, Roxbury

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine; Health & Medicine; Balm of America

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Subject: Rubs, Liniments & Ointments; Skin & Dermatology Drugs; Veterinary Products

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KENNEDY'S SALT RHEUM OINTMENT

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