Full size 20.0 gram metal tube with white plastic cap and flattened roll up end; paper label applied to tube is divided with cream and white with black and red text; cap not removable; nearly flattened.
Full size 20.0 gram metal tube with white plastic cap and flattened roll up end; paper label applied to tube is divided with cream and white with black and red text; cap not removable; nearly flattened.
Printed on label: "EURAX // crotamiton cream // Geigy // For external use only // 20 g cream, net weight // For the treatment of itching // due to skin disorders. // 10% of crotamiton in a vanishing cream base // Massage gently into itching area as // often as necessary, usually every // 6-8 hours. // Lot No. 19078/Can IIIII.II 103 // Geigy Pharmaceuticals // Division of Geigy (Canada) Limited // Montreal 9 P. Q."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-7
Length
11.0 cm
Width
3.0 cm
Depth
1.9 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Tube with minor wrinkles; closure stuck; paper shows wear and surface grime and minor lifting at edges
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.