S. O. S. Combination Internal and External
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1930
label: Date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: S. Pfeiffer Manufacturing Company
notes: label: Description
content: Red cardboard box with white print and a graphic of two electricity pylons transmitting an "S. O. S." signal. The box contains two smaller boxes with similar graphics. One box contains a glass bottle of S.O.S. capsules (to be taken internally) and the other box contains a glass bottle of S.O.S. astringent solution (to be used externally.) A small cotton bag is also included.
label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging: An astringent solution. Internal: Take one or two Capsules after meals, one or two may be taken at bedtime. External: Inject a small syringeful immediately after urinating three or four times a day. Hold the solution in the urethra (water passage) a few minutes so it can come in contact with the tissues and thoroughly cleanse the affected parts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: Missouri, Saint Louis
topic: label: Subject
content: First Aid Products & Antiseptics
label: Subject
content: STD Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0698.093
label: accession number
content: 1980.0698
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0698.093
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard box (overall packaging material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass bottle (overall packaging material)
label: Measurements
content: outer box: 8 in x 3 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 20.32 cm x 9.525 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: small box: 2 5/8 in x 1 1/2 in x 1 1/2 in; 6.6675 cm x 3.81 cm x 3.81 cm
label: Measurements
content: small bottle: 2 1/2 in x 1 3/8 in x 1 3/8 in; 6.35 cm x 3.4925 cm x 3.4925 cm
label: Measurements
content: large box: 5 3/4 in x 2 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in; 14.605 cm x 6.35 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: large bottle: 5 1/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 13.335 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.81 cm