AMMON: MURLAT
AMMON: MURLAT
- Description
- This conical-shaped, wooden drug jar and lid has an ivory-colored shield which reads "AMMON:/ MURLAT:" The paper label glued to the interior of the lid is very dirty, and is illegible. Containers 1991.0664.0889 through 892 appear to be from the same apothecary.
- Ammon Murlat is used as an expectorant for acute cases of bronchitis.
- The Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has similar containers in their collection.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- jar
- Other Terms
- jar; Pharmaceutical Container
- date made
- 19th century
- place made
- Germany
- Physical Description
- turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
- wood (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 16.5 cm x 8.2 cm; 6 1/2 in x 3 1/4 in
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0890
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- collector/donor number
- SAP 812
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0890.01
- 1991.0664.0890.02
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- subject
- Pharmacy
- European Apothecary
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- Art
- Wood Drug Jars
- European Apothecary
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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