Poster

Name/Title

Poster

Entry/Object ID

1996.030.0257

Scope and Content

White cardboard with red and black printing; "Emergency Suggestions" "Compliments of The Oakland Chemical Co. Manufacturers of Dioogen" copyrighted 1909 form M. 56-3rd Edtion - 100 M. Gives tips for emergencies: Antidotes for Poisons, Bite of Insects, Bites of Mad Animals or Poisonous Snakes, broken bones, burns and scalds, cinder in the eye, cuts or wounds, fainting, hemorrhage (bloody nose), sprains, suffocation from gas, sunburn, sunstroke. Dioxogen appears prominently in many of the tips. On the reverse are "Common uses of Dioxogen": mouthwash, gargle, wounds and cuts, burns and scalds, nose bleen, old sores, eczema/skin affections (sic), insect bites,bee stings, ear aches, pink eye, after shaving, complexion improvement, chapped hand/face, sunburn, removing hair from face, arms etc., manicuring, in the sick room, reduce fever size: 10-1/2" length x 6-7/8" width

Collection

Benicia Historical Museum Collection