Mentholatum
Mentholatum
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: A soothing external application for head colds, chapped skin, sunburn, nasal irritation, chafing, simple headaches, superficial burns, insect stings, etc.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- date made
- ca 1920
- maker
- Mentholatum Company
- place made
- United States: New York, Buffalo
- United States: Kansas, Wichita
- Canada: Ontario, Bridgeburg
- United Kingdom: England, Slough
- Physical Description
- menthol (drug active ingredients)
- oil of eucalyptus (drug active ingredients)
- camphor (drug active ingredients)
- oil of gaultheria (drug active ingredients)
- boracic acid (drug active ingredients)
- oil of pine (drug active ingredients)
- petrolatum (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 2 in x 1 5/8 in; 5.08 cm x 4.1275 cm
- ID Number
- 1979.0798.147
- accession number
- 1979.0798
- catalog number
- 1979.0798.147
- 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
