Nyal Eczema Ointment, 1 3/4 oz.
date: label: date made
content: 1916 or later
name: label: maker
content: Nyal Company
notes: label: Description
content: Orange and white cardboard box with black print. Box contains orange, white and black ointment tin. Price 50 cents. Printed on front of box: "A cooling and soothing skin application." Printed on back: "This package adopted 1916."
label: Description
content: Indications or use as described on packaging:
label: Description
content: A treatment for eczema, ringworm, barbaer's itch, psoriasis and similar disfiguring eruptions of the skin.
label: Description
content: Directions: Apply night and morning with the finger, or on soft linen or cotton cloth. Change it as occasion requires.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Michigan, Detroit
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content: Medicine and Science: 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: 1979.0798.077
label: accession number
content: 1979.0798
label: catalog number
content: 1979.0798.077
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard; paper (packaging (box/insert) material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (container material)
label: Physical Description
content: zinc oxide; resorcin; sulphur; calamine; carbolic acid; oil wintergreen, synthetic; oil cassia (product active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: box: 1 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 1/2 in; 2.54 cm x 6.6675 cm x 6.35 cm
label: Measurements
content: tin: 7/8 in x 2 3/8 in; 2.2225 cm x 6.0325 cm