Dewitt's Hygienic Powder
Object Details
- Frederick Stearns & Co.
- E. C. DeWitt and Company
- 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
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mary E. and Joseph F. Melfi, Jr., Tupper's Drug Store, Summerville, South Carolina
- after 1906
- ID Number
- 1980.0698.071
- accession number
- 1980.0698
- catalog number
- 1980.0698.071
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- feminine hygiene
- Other Terms
- Patent Medicines; Drugs; Non-Liquid
- 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
- place made
- United States: New York, New York City
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Beauty and Hygiene Products: Feminine Care
- Beauty and Health
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Women's Health Products
- Women's Health
- Record ID
- nmah_724228
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-7e20-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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