Unguentine
date: label: Date made
content: ca 1920
name: label: maker
content: Norwich Pharmacal Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: An antiseptic, astringent, soothing and restorative ointment. A dressing for all surface lesions and acute or chronic inflammatory skin diseases. Indicated in burns, scalds, cuts, bruises, ulcers, bed sores, suppurative tumors, inflammatory eczema, etc. A valuable substitute for flaxseed as a poultice. A healing ointment possessing a wide range of usefulness. It is strictly antiseptic. It relieves pain. It is astringent, but not irritating.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: Place Made
content: United States: New York, Norwich
topic: label: Subject
content: Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
label: Subject
content: Skin & Dermatology Drugs
label: Subject
content: Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
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: 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: 1979.0798.131
label: accession number
content: 1979.0798
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0798.131
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: alum compound (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: phenol (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: ammonium (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: sulphoichthyolate (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: zinc oxide (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: aromatic and antiseptic oils (drug active ingredients)
label: Physical Description
content: petrolatum and purified animal fat (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 9.5 cm x 7.5 cm x 7.5 cm; 3 3/4 in x 2 15/16 in x 2 15/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 3/4 in x 3 1/8 in x 3 1/8 in; 9.525 cm x 7.9375 cm x 7.9375 cm