Kemp's Balsam
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Object Details
- Orator F. Woodward
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: An old household remedy for coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma, grip, influenza, whooping cough and all throat and lung diseases.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Ben Posen
- c. 1908-1914
- ID Number
- 2004.0050.07
- accession number
- 2004.0050
- catalog number
- 2004.0050.07
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Physical Description
- chloroform 2 2/4 minims per fluid ounce (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- box: 6 3/8 in x 2 1/8 in x 1 1/8 in; 16.1925 cm x 5.3975 cm x 2.8575 cm
- bottle: 5 5/8 in x 2 in x 1 in; 14.2875 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm
- corkscrew: 3 3/4 in x 1 5/8 in x 7/8 in; 9.525 cm x 4.1275 cm x 2.2225 cm
- place made
- United States: New York, Le Roy
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Balm of America
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Catarrh, Cough & Cold Drugs
- Respiratory & Asthma Drugs
- Record ID
- nmah_1255534
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-5f2a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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