Tiger Balm
date: label: date made
content: ca 1956
name: label: maker
content: Eng Aun Tong Tiger Medical Hall Rangoon
notes: label: Description
content: One hexagonal glass jar of Tiger Balm ointment. This jar was part of a package of 12 jars transferred to the Smithsonian in 1956 by an office of the Bureau of Customs in San Francisco, California. Three other products were included in the transfer, all presumably imports from China and Hong Kong seized at Customs.
label: Description
content: For the outer package (carton) see MG.M-06892.13.
label: Description
content: [Indications for product as translated from information sheet originally wrapped around the jar]: Treats mainly -- Dizziness; Lumbar joint pain; Neuroskeletal pain; Toothaches and earaches; Itching and pain all over the body; Cuts and burn injuries; Snake bites; Scabies and big sores; Swelling and pain due to scrofula.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (wrapper and 3 seals)
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (information sheet)
place: label: place made
content: Myanmar: Yangon, Yangon
label: place made
content: Singapore: Singapore
label: place made
content: China: Hong Kong, Victoria
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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: Cure-alls
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content: Beauty and Health
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content: Balm of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06892.09
label: catalog number
content: M-06892.09
label: accession number
content: 210760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/2 in x 2 in x 1 7/8 in; 3.81 cm x 5.08 cm x 4.7625 cm