Micajah's Medicated Wafers
Micajah's Medicated Wafers
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- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided on its packaging:
- Astringent, antiseptic. Prepared as an adjuvant in the treatment of minor irritations of the vaginal tract... offers continuous and prolonged antiseptic action. In the treatment of Leucorrhea.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- feminine hygiene product
- date made
- after 1931
- maker
- Micajah and Company
- place made
- United States: Pennsylvania, Warren
- Physical Description
- cardboard (packaging material)
- aluminum (drug active ingredients)
- borax (drug active ingredients)
- bicarbonate of potassium (drug active ingredients)
- cotton (packaging material)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 1/8 in x 2 1/2 in x 1/2 in; 5.3975 cm x 6.35 cm x 1.27 cm
- ID Number
- 2010.0213.021
- accession number
- 2010.0213
- catalog number
- 2010.0213.021
- subject
- Women's Health
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care
- Beauty and Health
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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