Absorbent Paper for Wrapping Sphagnum Dressings and Sanitary Napkins
date: label: date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Sphagnum Moss Products Company
notes: label: Description
content: Folded piece of absorbent cellulose paper. Note pinned to paper reads: "An elastic highly absorbent paper, adapted for enveloping the sphagnum before it is enveloped in gauze."
label: Description
content: One of a series of specimens showing the use of sphagnum moss for surgical dressings as developed during World War I. This material was contributed to the museum in 1920 by Dr. Arno Viehoever, U.S. Department of Agriculture.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Oregon, Portland
topic: label: Subject
content: Women's Health
label: Subject
content: Menstruation
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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 Health
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of U.S. Department of Agriculture, through Dr. Arno Viehoever
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-00542
label: catalog number
content: M-00542
label: accession number
content: 65046
objectType: label: Object Name
content: sanitary napkin, paper
label: Object Name
content: feminine hygiene product
label: Object Name
content: surgical dressing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 5 5/8 in x 1/4 in; 9.525 cm x 14.2875 cm x .635 cm