Petrolagar

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:

For the promotion of proper fecal consistency and the restoration of normal bowel habit time

Date Made: after 1934

Maker: Petrolager Laboratories

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Illinois, Chicago

Subject: Laxatives

Subject:

See more items in: Medicine and Science: Medicine, Health & Medicine, Balm of America

Exhibition:

Exhibition Location:

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: MG.293320.1332Catalog Number: 293320.1332Accession Number: 293320

Object Name: otc preparationOther Terms: Drugs

Physical Description: mineral oil (drug active ingredients)agar-agar (drug active ingredients)Measurements: overall: 8 1/2 in x 3 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 21.59 cm x 8.5725 cm x 6.985 cmbottle: 7 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 20.0025 cm x 6.985 cm x 5.715 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-caf9-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1298496

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