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Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses
  • Black Ointment No. 2 - Old pharmacy pot - Boils and abscesses

Black Ointment No. 2 - Old metal pharmacy pot - For boils and abscesses - Apothecary

€20.00

Black Ointment No. 2

Antique metal pharmacy pot - For boils and abscesses

Apothecary

Circa 1920s - Beautiful typography

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Description

Black Ointment No. 2 

Antique metal pharmacy pot

The typography on the label allows us to date the jar to around 1920. Furthermore, the inscription ‘Pharmacist 1st Class’ gradually disappeared after the First World War, continuing to be used in the early 1920s before falling into disuse.

This ointment was used to treat boils, whitlows and abscesses by maturation. Ointment No. 2 contained ichthyol, lead oxide and petroleum jelly. 

Now abandoned due to the high toxicity of lead in prolonged contact with the skin...

EMPTY 

Height: 7cm Diameter: 5.5cm