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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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Subject
Homeopathic Remedies
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1278786