Object Details
- retailer
- Sherman Pharmacy
- Hamlin's Wizard Oil Company
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are:
- For soothing counterirritant relief in muscular aches, pains, stiffness of neck, shoulders, back, sides and limbs when due to overexertion or exposure. Eases the pain of minor strains and sprains, minor frost bites, mild sunburn and non-venomous insect bites and stings.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Alan & Elaine Levitt
- 1941-1946
- ID Number
- 1985.0460.051
- accession number
- 1985.0460
- catalog number
- 1985.0460.051
- Object Name
- otc preparation
- Object Type
- Drugs
- Physical Description
- cardboard (container material)
- glass (container material)
- metal (container material)
- oil camphor (drug active ingredients)
- oil thyme (drug active ingredients)
- oil cajeput (drug active ingredients)
- oil sassafras (drug active ingredients)
- oil fir (drug active ingredients)
- gum camphor (drug active ingredients)
- ammonia (drug active ingredients)
- alcohol, 65% (drug active ingredients)
- capsicum (drug active ingredients)
- turpentine (drug active ingredients)
- metal (container material)
- paper (container material)
- Measurements
- box: 5 5/8 in x 2 in x 1 in; 14.2875 cm x 5.08 cm x 2.54 cm
- bottle: 4 5/8 in x 1 3/4 in x 1 in; 11.7475 cm x 4.445 cm x 2.54 cm
- place made
- United States: Illinois, Chicago
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Balm of America
- Sherman Pharmacy, Sherman, New York
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
- Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
- Record ID
- nmah_209680
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-de9a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
