Small metal tube is a physician's sample with white plastic cap and flattened roll up end; tan lable with red and brown text is printed on metal tube; background of label has Geigy in decorative layout.
Small metal tube is a physician's sample with white plastic cap and flattened roll up end; tan lable with red and brown text is printed on metal tube; background of label has Geigy in decorative layout.
Printed on tube: "For external use only // Physician's sample // Geigy // 4 grams Cream // EURAX // Brand of Crotamiton Cream // For the treatment of itching // due to skin disorders. // Massage gently into itching area // as often as necessary, usually every // 6-8 hours. // 10%N-ethyl-o-crotonotolide in a vanishing cream base // Lot No. M 131/245/Can.IIIII.IIII // Produced in Switzerland // 09""
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-7
Length
6.0 cm
Width
2.3 cm
Depth
0.8 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Tube with minor wrinkles; closure stuck
Copy Type
original
Reference Comments
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Ciba-Geigy-AG
Research Facts
J. R. Geigy dates to 1758, when Johann Rudolf Geigy set up a chemist’s shop in Basel, Switzerland. The company soon began manufacturing dyes for the textile industry. It entered the pharmaceutical market in the 1930s.
Ciba started out in the 1850s as a silk-dyeing business and branched out into pharmaceuticals in 1900, by which time it was the largest chemical company in Switzerland.
Ciba-Geigy AG, Former Swiss pharmaceutical company formed in 1970 from the merger of Ciba AG and J. R. Geigy SA. The name was shortened to Ciba in 1992, and in 1996 Ciba’s merger with the Swiss company Sandoz formed Novartis AG, one of the world’s largest pharmaceutical companies.