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Other Name |
Prickly Ash Bark |
Object Name |
Container, Medicine |
Description |
Rectangular aluminum container with aluminum cap lid. Label is printed on all sides. Contents full of 13 small square boxes labeled with a white label, repeating information on outside of aluminumin container. ID # on boxes in red: 519507 |
Catalog Number |
2000.21.285 |
Manufacturer |
Parke, Davis & Co. Manufacturing Chemists |
Place of Origin |
Detroit, Mich., U.S.A. |
Quantity/Volume |
13 individual boxes of No. 120 Prickly Ash Bark |
Material |
"Pressed Herbs" |
Container |
Aluminum Outer Container, Cardboard smaller containers holding contents. |
Closure |
Aluminum hinge lid. |
Portion Remaining |
13 individual boxes filling aluminum container. |
Uses |
"Stimulant, tonic, alternative, diaphoretic, sialagogue, carminative, |
Uses (con't-1) |
emmenagogue, and lactagogue. Employed in languid states of the system, |
Uses (con't-2) |
chronic rheumatism, flatulent colic, syphilitic and liver affections." |
Label |
Green background with "Prickly Ash Bark" labeled in red background with black lettering, latin name underneath. Container contents labeled with white label and black lettering. |