TINCT CORALL cSP PAN
TINCT CORALL cSP PAN
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- Description
- The baked enamel label on this glass bottle is marked TINCT CORALL c SP PAN in red and black. 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, the relief of gastric pain, and to protect infants from convulsions.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- date made
- 18th century
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 13 cm x 6.7 cm x 6.7 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0250
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05398
- collector/donor number
- SAP 107
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0250
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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