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Tailby-Nason's Mentho-Terpenol Pain Reliever

  • After 1880 – before 1970

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Blue glass bottle, stained by residue from its contents, with metal screw cap lid and white paper label. The topical ointment once held in this bottle was intended for pain relief. According to the label, the ointment contained menthol, camphor, oleoresin, capsicum, turpentine, aromatic oils, chloroform, and a "special lubricating base."

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Gift of Allen Lopez.
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  • 5.7 cm W x 14 cm H x 3.8 cm L
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  • Courtesy of Science History Institute

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  • Box 6W27.5

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Science History Institute. Tailby-Nason's Mentho-Terpenol Pain Reliever. Photograph, 2023. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/3c7748m.

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