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Blue colored metal box with attached lid containing five glass capsules wrapped in silk. Capsules contain aromatic ammonia to be used as smelling salts. Directions printed on small paper card inside box as well as lid.
kits (sets)
metal
glass (material)
ammonia (ammonium hydroxide)
Container, Medicine
Container, Medicine
"12 / 'VAPOROLE' / AROMATIC AMMONIA/ Each capsule contains / 5.41 minims (0.333cc) Alcohol 36% / FOR INHALATION ONLY / Do not use if face is flushed / DIRECTION - The capsule, enclosed in silken sac, / should be broken between the fingers, and the vapor / carefully inhaled. / "BURROUGHS WELLCOME & Co. / (U.S.A) INC., TUCKAHOE, N.Y. / Made in U.S.A." (Unicorn logo present on lid and paper insert)
Unknown
1 3/4 x 2 3/4 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Bequest of Eleanor Fayerweather
1993.845
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