DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve
Object Details
- E. C. DeWitt and Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For superficial cuts, minor burns, bruises, contusions, and minor scalds. Also non-venomous insect irritations.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
- ca 1940
- ID Number
- 1979.0798.069
- accession number
- 1979.0798
- catalog number
- 1979.0798.069
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- Physical Description
- extract witch hazel (drug active ingredients)
- benzocaine (drug active ingredients)
- carbolic acid 1% (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 3.7 cm x 2.7 cm; 5 1/8 in x 1 7/16 in x 1 1/16 in
- box: 5 1/8 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 13.0175 cm x 3.4925 cm x 2.8575 cm
- tube: 5 in x 1 5/8 in x 1 in; 12.7 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
- First Aid Products & Antiseptics
- Record ID
- nmah_715055
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-9737-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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