Balm of America: Patent Medicine Collection - Therapeutic Use Categories
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Boroleum Ointment
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- A soothing application for head colds, minor nasal irritation, superficial burns, sunburn, chapped hands or lips, cold sores, chafing and minor skin irritations
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1960
- maker
- Sinclair Pharmacal Company
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1186
- catalog number
- 293320.1186
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Compound Carbolated Ointment
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- For the treatment of burns, cuts, old ulcers, tetter, ringworm, itch, chapped and cracked skin, boils and abscesses
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1906-1920
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1191
- catalog number
- 293320.1191
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Sirop-Sulfo-Phenique
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Chronic cases of catarrh, asthma, rheumatism, skin diseases
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- after 1878
- maker
- Declat Manufacturing Company
- J. Milhau's Son
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1277
- catalog number
- 293320.1277
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Dr. J. Walker's Vinegar Bitters
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Dyspepsia, indigestion, rheumatism, diarrhea, consumption, catarrh, bronchitis, neuralgia, headache, boils, ulcers, sore eyes, dropsy, scald head, paralysis, erysipelas, scrofula, tetter, skin diseases, bilious, remittant and intermittant fevers, pains in the back, shoulders, heart and chest, liver and kidney troubles, stomach ache, jaundice, gout and fits, dizziness, colds and coughs, croup, palpitation of the heart, lead colic, nausea, biliousness, constipation, piles, worms
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1870-1890
- maker
- R. H. McDonald Drug Company
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1284
- catalog number
- 293320.1284
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Dr. Shoop's Green Salve
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Makes lips and skin like velvet. Also cuts, burns, bruises, chilblains, eczema and all skin diseases.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1920
- maker
- Dr. Shoop Laboratories
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1375
- catalog number
- 293320.1375
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Smith's Rose Bud Salve
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Chapped lips, face and hands, minor burns and scalds, bites and stings of non-poisonous insects
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- after 1908
- maker
- Rosebud Perfume Company
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1376
- catalog number
- 293320.1376
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Dr. J. R. Stafford Olive Tar Ointment
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- For burns and scalds
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- 1908-1918
- maker
- Hall & Ruckel
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1379
- catalog number
- 293320.1379
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Crane's Corn Remover
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- Removal of corns and calluses
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- after 1906
- maker
- Crane Medicine Co.
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1203
- catalog number
- 293320.1203
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Cranolene
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- For eczema
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1925
- maker
- Mills Chemical Company
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1208
- catalog number
- 293320.1208
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
Cuticura Ointment
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- For the skin and scalp. A super creamy emollient. Sanative, soothing, healing.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Date made
- ca 1940
- maker
- Potter Drug and Chemical Corporation
- ID Number
- MG*293320.1209
- catalog number
- 293320.1209
- accession number
- 293320
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center