Maker:

Tuttle's Elixir Company  Search this

Physical Description:

gum camphor (drug active ingredients)

u.s.p. turpentine (drug active ingredients)

ox gall (drug active ingredients)

oil of wintergreen (drug active ingredients)

hartshorn (drug active ingredients)

oil of hemlock (drug active ingredients)

distilled water (drug ingredients)

alcohol 30 per cent (drug active ingredients)

Measurements:

box: 6 3/4 in x 2 3/8 in x 1 1/2 in; 17.145 cm x 6.0325 cm x 3.81 cm

bottle: 6 5/8 in x 2 1/4 in x 1 1/8 in; 16.8275 cm x 5.715 cm x 2.8575 cm

Object Name:

otc preparation

Object Type:

Drugs

Place made:

United States: Massachusetts, Boston

Date made:

after 1872

Date made:

ca 1938

after 1938

Description:

The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: For external use only; relief from pain

Location:

Currently not on view

Subject:

Rubs, Liniments & Ointments  Search this

Pain & Neuralgia Drugs  Search this

Veterinary Products  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Mario Cassinelli, Jr.

ID Number:

1984.0782.201

Catalog number:

1984.0782.201

Accession number:

1984.0782

See more items in:

Medicine and Science: Medicine

Balm of America

Data Source:

National Museum of American History

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a0-de8a-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:nmah_209427