Bickmore XYZ Ointment
Bickmore XYZ Ointment
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: An antiseptic dressing for the relief of sunburn, superficial burns and scalds, chafing, chapped skin, cracked hands, irritated skin due to shaving, scratches, minor cuts, non-poisonous insect bites, irritated feet, itching rectal irritations and minor scalp irritations.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- date made
- ca 1940
- maker
- Bickmore Company
- place made
- United States: Maine, Old Town
- Physical Description
- gum camphor (drug active ingredients)
- oxyquinolin sulphate (drug active ingredients)
- sulphur (drug active ingredients)
- alum (drug active ingredients)
- boric acid (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 1/4 in x 1 1/4 in; .635 cm x 3.175 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0798.321
- accession number
- 1979.0798
- catalog number
- 1979.0798.321
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gary P. and Sandra Baden
- subject
- Skin & Dermatology Drugs
- First Aid Products & Antiseptics
- Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Cure-alls
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- Beauty and Health
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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