LIQ MAGN SULPH
LIQ MAGN SULPH
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- Description
- This blown and molded glass bottle has a narrow neck, a flared lip, and a spherical shaped glass stopper. The bottle has a blue, white, and yellow baked enamel shield. The label is marked LIQ MAGN SULPH in black, with the first initial of each word in red. This bottle would have contained liquid magnesium sulphate, commonly known as Epsom salt which was used as a mild cathartic, diuretic, and diaphoretic.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
- date made
- 18th-19th century
- Physical Description
- "colorless" (overall color)
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 18.5 cm x 9.6 cm; 7 5/16 in x 3 3/4 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0437
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05586
- collector/donor number
- SAP 298
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0437.01
- 1991.0664.0437.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
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- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Health & Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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