Blown, aqua-colored glass container. Marked in alternating red and black paint CORAL ALBI. Coral was used for centuries for a variety of ills including but not limited to the reduction of fever, the prevention of bleeding in pregnant women, for gastric pain and to protect infants from convulsions.
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