Nux Vomica (Strychni Semen)
Nux Vomica (Strychni Semen)
Usage conditions apply
- Description
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
- For use as a cardiac and nerve stimulant [Remington's Practice of Pharmacy, Seventh Edition, 1926]
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- Crude Drug
- Other Terms
- Crude Drug; Materia Medica; Drugs; Vegetable; Seed
- date made
- before 1964
- maker
- George Washington University. School of Pharmacy
- place made
- United States: District of Columbia, Washington
- Physical Description
- nux vomica (drug material)
- glass (overall material)
- plastic (lid material)
- paper (label material)
- Measurements
- overall: 15 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm; 5 29/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in
- ID Number
- MG.M-10904.017.01
- accession number
- 259201
- catalog number
- M-10904.017
- Credit Line
- Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy; Accession 259201 (1964)
- subject
- Crude Drugs
- Laxatives
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Health & Medicine
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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