Object Details
- Description
- This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck for pouring liquids. The baked enamel label is marked TINCT OPII CROCAT”
- Tinctures, a mixture of alcohol and herbs, were a popular form of administering medications. Numerous opiate tincture recipes could be used to relieve a variety of ailments. The tincture could be used as an antispasmodic, antidiarrhetic, a pain reliever, a cough suppressant, and a sedative.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0241
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05389
- collector/donor number
- SAP 98
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0241
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 10.5 cm x 5.3 cm x 5.3 cm; 4 1/8 in x 2 1/16 in x 2 1/16 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994200
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-a18c-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
