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Object Details

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Reid Drugstore
Consolidated Royal Chemical Corporation
Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
For professional and home use to ease tired, tender, uncomfortable feet, hard corns, and callouses. Package also contains special plasters used in conjunction with foot bath to treat hard corns.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of Blanche E. Reid
after 1945-01
ID Number
1984.0351.036
accession number
1984.0351
catalog number
1984.0351.036
Object Name
otc preparation
Other Terms
?; Patent Medicines; Drugs
Physical Description
ammonium alum (drug active ingredients)
zinc sulphate (drug active ingredients)
tannic acid (drug active ingredients)
extract of belladonna leaves, 0.000075 gr. (in plasters only) (drug active ingredients)
salicylic acid (in plasters only) (drug active ingredients)
zinc oxide (in plasters only) (drug active ingredients)
cardboard (container material)
metal (container material)
paper (container material)
Measurements
envelope: 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 3 1/2 in; .3175 cm x 5.3975 cm x 8.89 cm
box: 3 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 2 1/8 in; 8.5725 cm x 5.3975 cm x 5.3975 cm
can: 3 1/8 in x 2 in; 7.9375 cm x 5.08 cm
place made
United States: Illinois, Chicago
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Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feet
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Balm of America
Reid Pharmacy, Clifton, Illinois
National Museum of American History
subject
Skin & Dermatology Drugs
Foot Products
Record ID
nmah_737737
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-d795-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

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