Object Details
Description
This small earthenware jar was made to contain extracts used in the preparations of apothecary medicines. The jar has a label that is marked “Extract Salicis.” It would have contained white willow bark extract, salicin, which becomes salicylic acid, a forerunner of aspirin.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
ID Number
1991.0664.1091
catalog number
M-06112
accession number
1991.0664
collector/donor number
SAP 824
catalog number
1991.0664.1091
Object Name
jar
Physical Description
ceramic (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 5.8 cm x 4.7 cm; 2 9/32 in x 1 27/32 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Pharmacy
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1220242