Helps

Description
The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
For minor throat irritations
Location
Currently not on view
Object Name
otc preparation
Date made
after 1934
maker
National Licorice Company
Physical Description
menthol (drug active ingredients)
licorice (drug active ingredients)
eucalyptol (drug active ingredients)
peppermint (drug active ingredients)
anise (drug active ingredients)
Measurements
overall: 1 cm x 5.5 cm x 4.5 cm; 3/8 in x 2 3/16 in x 1 3/4 in
overall: 1 7/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 3/8 in; 4.7625 cm x 5.715 cm x .9525 cm
Place Made
United States: New York, Brooklyn
United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
ID Number
MG*293320.1306
catalog number
293320.1306
accession number
293320
subject
Health & Medicine
Balm of America
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Medicine and Science: Medicine
Balm of America
Data Source
National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
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