Lysol Disinfectant Antiseptic
date: label: date made
content: ca 1941-1945
name: label: maker
content: Lehn & Fink Products Corporation
notes: label: Description
content: Orange cardboard box (lid is missing) with red and black printed text. The text provides information and directions for use and touts the efficacy of the product as a germicide. Uses described on the box include: for an antiseptic douche; for everyday cuts, scratches and lacerations; for ringworm of the foot; for burns, scalds, etc.; for beestings and non-venomous insect bites; for the disinfection of sick rooms, kitchen, bathroom, and laundry.
label: Description
content: A label on the front of the box was applied over the original text. It lists the F.D.A. Phenol Coeefficient as 5, and discusses a change in formula due to wartime conditions. Instructions to dilute the solution are present in red on three sides (all but the front). The front of the box features "How To Make Solutions." One side of the box has a druggist's red and white poison label featuring the skull and crossbones.The druggist's label reads: Brooks' Drug Store / L. W. Brooks / Chautauqua, New York ."
label: Description
content: The box contains a brown glass bottle (still partially full) which contained 2.5 fl. oz. of liquid. The bottle has a brown plastic and cork stopper and is embossed just below the neck with four cursive "Lysol"s. The paper label is orange with red and black text. It includes a white band with a skull and crossbones and the words "Caution / Poison" and an extensive warning about the properties of the product and it's dangers, especially when undiluted. It also provides an antidote for ingestion or contact with skin while undiluted. Each side of the label gives the proper proportions for dilution for various uses. This label includes the explanation regarding wartime and the changed formula, as well as a list of active and inert ingredients.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New Jersey, Bloomfield
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feet
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Beauty and Hygiene Products: Skin
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0213.037
label: accession number
content: 2010.0213
label: catalog number
content: 2010.0213.037
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Object Name
content: disinfectant
label: Object Name
content: personal hygiene product
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: soap (product active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: Orthohydroxydiphenyl (product active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: Cresylic Acid (product active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: box: 4 3/8 in x 2 in x 2 1/8 in; 11.1125 cm x 5.08 cm x 5.3975 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 4 1/8 in x 1 7/8 in; 10.4775 cm x 4.7625 cm