Dr. Whetzel's Cigarettes
name: label: maker
content: Myers Laboratories
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: To temporarily relieve the Paroxysms of Asthma, inhale the smoke from 1 or 2 Dr. Whetzel's Cigarettes. Inhale the smoke through the mouth by full, deep breathing. After a few seconds, slowly exhale, allowing some of the smoke to be released through the nostrils.
label: Description
content: Frank Fordyce Whetzel (1859-1936) was born in Indiana, graduated from the University of Indiana Medical School, established a medical practice in Chicago, and advertised cures for asthma.
label: Description
content: Ref: “DR. F. F. WHETZEL DIES; PHYSICIAN IN CITY 40 YEARS,” Chicago Tribune (Feb. 15, 1936), p. 22.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Warren
topic: label: Subject
content: Respiratory & Asthma Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1982.0031.04
label: accession number
content: 1982.0031
label: catalog number
content: 1982.0031.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 8.5 cm x 6.5 cm x 1.8 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 9/16 in x 11/16 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 3/4 in; 8.255 cm x 6.6675 cm x 1.905 cm