Vicks Va-Tro-Nol
date: label: date made
content: 1938-03-01
name: label: maker
content: Vick Chemical Company
notes: label: Description
content: Aqua and blue cardboard box, containing blue glass bottle with aqua and white label and a metal cap. Separate dropper cap included. Paper inserts. Handwritten in ink on bottom of box: Philadelphia 3/1/38.
label: Description
content: Two paper inserts: "Directions for Using Vicks Vatronol" which includes illustrations and a cross-section of the nasal passages showing the body's "natural defense" against colds, and " Vicks Plan for Better Control of Colds in the Home" "developed especially for mothers, who guard the family's health." The Plan includes the use of Va-tro-nol both to prevent colds ("at the slightest irritation of the nasal passages") and to help colds end sooner.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Balm of America
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of H. Smith Richardson, Jr.
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1998.0267.15
label: accession number
content: 1998.0267
label: catalog number
content: 1998.0267.15
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: menthol (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: camphor (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: box: 3 1/2 in x 2 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 8.89 cm x 5.715 cm x 5.715 cm
label: Measurements
content: bottle: 3 1/8 in x 1 5/8 in; 7.9375 cm x 4.1275 cm
label: Measurements
content: eye dropper: 3 3/4 in x 1 in; 9.525 cm x 2.54 cm