Dewitt's Hygienic Powder
Dewitt's Hygienic Powder
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- superficial burns; prickly heat; insect bites; sunburn; after shaving; vaginal douche
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- feminine hygiene
- date made
- after 1906
- maker
- Frederick Stearns & Co.
- E. C. DeWitt and Company
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- Physical Description
- boric acid (drug active ingredients)
- salicylic acid (drug active ingredients)
- zinc sulphate (drug active ingredients)
- carbolic acid (drug active ingredients)
- thymol (drug active ingredients)
- eucalyptol (drug active ingredients)
- menthol (drug active ingredients)
- Measurements
- overall: 9.4 cm x 7.1 cm x 7.1 cm; 3 11/16 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 13/16 in
- ID Number
- 1980.0698.071
- accession number
- 1980.0698
- catalog number
- 1980.0698.071
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina
- subject
- Women's Health Products
- 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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