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Echinacea Augustifolia - 51% Alcohol

American History Museum

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    Object Details

    maker

    Luyties Pharmacal Co.

    Description

    Glass bottle with cork stopper and a paper seal covering cork and tied around the lip of bottle. A paper label with black print is wrapped around three sides of the bottle. 1906 Food and Drugs Act Notice printed on product label. Bottle is empty except for dark residue.
    Indications as per product label: "Indicated as a corrector of depravation of the fluids of the body, as in Boils, Carbuncles, Abcesses, Malignant Diphtheria, Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis; Puerperal and Typhoid Fevers; Septicaemia; etc. Also in Measles;Cholera Infantum; Cholera Morbus; Dysentery; Dudoenal Catarrh; Ulcerative Stomatitis; Scarlet Fever; Tonsilitis; bites and stings of snakes, insects, etc."

    Location

    Currently not on view

    Date made

    ca 1908-1918

    ID Number

    2004.0129.76

    accession number

    2004.0129

    catalog number

    2004.0129.76

    Object Name

    homeopathic preparation

    Physical Description

    echinacea augustifolia; alcohol, 51% (product ingredients)
    glass; cork; paper (container material)

    Measurements

    overall: 8.6 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.6 cm; 3 3/8 in x 1 in x 1 in
    overall: 3 1/2 in x 1 in x 1 1/8 in; 8.89 cm x 2.54 cm x 2.8575 cm

    place made

    United States: Missouri, St. Louis

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    Medicine and Science: Medicine
    Health & Medicine
    The Antibody Initiative
    Antibody Initiative: Infectious Disease, Allergy, and Immunotherapy Collections

    Data Source

    National Museum of American History

    Subject

    Homeopathic Remedies

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ab-7162-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

    Record ID

    nmah_1278786

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