Tako-No-Suidashi (Sucking Octopus)
notes: label: Description
content: Paper envelope with green and white checked pattern, illustration of octopuses in central circle. Package contains a sealed clam shell.
label: Description
content: English language label provided with package: "TAKO NO SUIDASHI, (Sucking Optopus [sic.]) / An ointment; effective for all cases of Anthrax. / The ointment is spread on paper or pieces of cotton, then / applied externally on affected part. / It is said that the ointment has so strong absorbent power / that the pus is quickly sucked out from the body. / Contents: Japan Wax 25%; Botanical Oil 47% / Resin 25%; Copper Sulphate 2%; Acetic Acid Anhydride 0.5%"
label: Description
content: "Tako-no-Suidashi ointment (TSO) is an old Japanese over-the-counter drug, used for the drainage of infectious pustular disease, such as furuncles, carbuncles and infectious atheroma, although whether it works well or not is unknown. The ingredients of the TSO compound commonly include rapeseed oil, gum rosin, wood rosin, Japanese wax, paraffin, petrolatum, copper sulfate, Peru balsam, acetic acid, salicylic acid and trace amounts of Guinea green B. " [cited from: Tsuruta D, Sowa J, Tsuruta K, Ishii M, Kobayashi H. "Allergic contact dermatitis caused by gum rosin and wood rosin in Tako-no-Suidashi ointment." Journal of Dermatology, October, 2011.]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Japan
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-12372.03
label: accession number
content: 258854
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Homeopathy; Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid?
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 1/8 in x 3 in x 4 1/2 in; 2.8575 cm x 7.62 cm x 11.43 cm