Good Samaritan Ointment
date: label: date made
content: after 1929
name: label: maker
content: Good Samaritan Ointment Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: To be used as an external poultice. Good Samaritan ointment, an antiphlogistic and antiseptic preparation, is to be used as an aid in the treatment of the following affections: surface burns and scalds, sunburn, windburn, chapped hands, dry or cracked skin, relief of corn pains, and other skin irritations. Acts beneficially when used as a poultice for strains and minor muscular aches, caused by fatigue or exertion, and tender, tired, or burning feet.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
topic: label: Subject
content: Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
label: Subject
content: Skin & Dermatology Drugs
label: Subject
content: Foot Products
label: Subject
content: First Aid Products & Antiseptics
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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
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1979.0798.176
label: accession number
content: 1979.0798
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0798.176
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: oxyquinoline sulphate (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: methyl salicylate (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: carbonate of lead (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: olive oil (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: beeswax (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: oil of sassafras (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 5/8 in x 3 1/2 in; 4.1275 cm x 8.89 cm