RevolutionCrossroads/si_us_revolutionary_era_collections huggingface dataset:
PULV EPILEPT M
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
red (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 9 cm x 6.1 cm; 3 9/16 in x 2 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This drug jar is marked <i>PULV, EPILEPT, M</i> It has a wide mouth and is free blown with a flattened collar, and an applied round foot. It is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche. A white medallion is framed by blue stylized leaves and ribbons, topped by a crown.
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PULV EPILEPT M
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
red (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 8.8 cm x 6.2 cm; 3 7/16 in x 2 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This wide mouth blown glass jar has a flattened collar and applied round foot. The glass container is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche with a white medallion framed by blue stylized leaves and a yellow ribbon, topped by a crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th centuries. It is marked <i>PULV, EPiLEPT, N</i>.
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AQ TARAXAC
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 18 cm x 8.2 cm x 8.1 cm; 7 1/16 in x 3 1/4 in x 3 3/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Margaret B. Freeman. Herbs for the Mediaeval Household
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This square shaped glass bottle is marked <i>AQ TARAXAC</i>. It would have held the root and leaves of the dandelion which were used as a tonic and diuretic.
There are 347 glass drug containers in the Bristol Myers Squibb Collection. The labels and ornamentation applied to the surface of the glass are of two types, baked enamel and cold painted decoration. The more permanent of the two techniques, baked enamel, uses pigments composed of finely ground glass. The decoration is then fired into the surface of the vessel. Cold paint decoration is far more fragile. The paint is applied to the glass and is protected by a thin wash of varnish. The paint is easily scratched, and over time can begin to flake.
Most of the BMS collection is decorated with baked enamel baroque shields framed with ribbons and capped with crowns and the flora and fauna of the rococo style. The glass containers in the Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection were produced in the glass houses of the German forests. Windows, drinking vessels, beads and laboratory apparatus are among the products the glass houses turned out. Apothecary containers, utilitarian utensils were <i>second rate</i> goods, made by craftsmen, not artisans.
Many glass houses sold their products directly to the consumer, and specialized styles and labels could be made for a particular apothecary. Gaffers, or glass blowers, created the containers. Enamellers, many of whom were itinerant workers, traveled throughout Europe from one glass house to another, painting the labels and decoration onto the glass. The provenance of a glass jar or a particular glass house can be difficult to determine. Although individual glass houses, gaffers and enamellers are difficult to identify, it is sometimes possible to recognize an apothecary by its crest or by a particular decorative motif incorporated into the design. Glass drug containers were standard in 17th and 18th century German apothecaries, but are rare today because of their inherent fragility.
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SAL. SEDATiV. H
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 8.3 cm x 6.5 cm; 3 1/4 in x 2 9/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This wide mouth blown glass jar has an applied foot and a baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass container with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, and topped by a crown. It is marked <i>SAL, SEDATiV, H</i>.
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SCAMON
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
glass (overall material)
paint, enamel (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 8.6 cm x 6.3 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This wide mouth blown glass jar has a flared lip, applied foot, and baked enamel cartouche. The white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon is capped by a crown. It is marked "SCAMON" above the alchemical symbol PPT. Two lines interrsect the stems and letters.
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CROC, MARTAP, ST
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 8.3 cm x 6.3 cm; 3 1/4 in x 2 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Margaret B. Freeman. Herbs for the Mediaeval Household
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This widemouthed blown glass jar has a flared lip and an applied foot. The baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon and topped by a crown is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. It is marked "CROC, MARTAP, ST," Crocus Martisis is a mixture of sulphur and iron.
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SAL, SEDLIZ
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 8.9 cm x 6.3 cm; 3 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: 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
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This widemouthed blown glass jar has a flared lip and an applied foot. A baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves a yellow ribbon and capped by a crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. Marked, "SAL, SEDLIZ". Seidlitz Salt was discovered in the early 17th century. It was used as a diuretic and cathartic.
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LAP, CANCR
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 8.6 cm x 6 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This wide mouth blown glass jar has a flared lip, an applied foot, and a baked enamel cartouche. The white shield is framed by blue stylized leaves and a yellow ribbon and capped by a crown. It is marked <i>LAP, CANCR,</i> above the abbreviation PPT (prepared) which has two lines running horizontally through the stems.
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ESS. SCORD
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10.4 cm x 5 cm x 4.5 cm; 4 1/8 in x 1 15/16 in x 1 3/4 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square shaped clear glass bottle has a flared lip. The baked enamel cartouche label consists of a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, capped by a crown. The bottle is marked <i>ESS. SCORD</i> in black.
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ESS. SUCC
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 12.3 cm x 5 cm x 4.6 cm; 4 27/32 in x 1 31/32 in x 1 13/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square glass bottle has a flared lip and a circular stopper has a baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass container with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, and capped by a crown. It is marked <i>ESS. SUCC</i> in black text, this bottled would have contained the essence of succinum, or essence of amber. The essence was used as a cathartic, diuretic, and antihysteric.
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TR. RHEI. APU
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 10.3 cm x 4.6 cm x 4.6 cm; 4 1/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 1 13/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square glass bottle has a flared lip and a baked enamel cartouche with a white shield which is framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon and capped by a crown. It is marked <i>TR. RHE. APU</i>.
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ESS. CASCARILL. C
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 10 cm x 4.6 cm x 4.7 cm; 3 15/16 in x 1 13/16 in x 1 7/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square glass bottle has a flared lip. A baked enamel cartouche decorated with a white shield framed, blue stylized leaves, a yellow ribbon and capped by a crown. The bottle is marked <i>ESS. CASCARILL.C</i>.
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ELIX. UTERIN. CR
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 10.5 cm x 5 cm x 5.1 cm; 4 1/8 in x 1 15/16 in x 2 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Women's Health
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square glass bottle has had its neck broken off. A baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, and capped by a crown. The bottle is marked <i>ELIX. UTERIN. CR</i> in black text. The bottle would have contained an elixir of uterinum, a compound of sabin, castor and myrrh used to stimulate menses.
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ESS. MYRRH
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 10 cm x 4.7 cm x 4.8 cm; 3 15/16 in x 1 7/8 in x 1 7/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square glass bottle has a narrow neck with a flared collar. The baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, capped by a crown. It is marked <i>ESS. MYRRH</i> which was used as a spice, specifically as an aromatic in church rituals. For medicinal purposes Myrrh was thought to help with conception.
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CROC. ANTIM.
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: jar
jar; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
blue (overall color)
black (overall color)
red (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 8.6 cm x 6.3 cm; 3 3/8 in x 2 1/2 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: 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
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown wide mouth glass jar has a flared collar, and an applied round foot. A baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass, with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves and yellow ribbon, capped by a crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. It is marked <i>CROC. ANTIM</i>. Crocus Antimonii was used in the preparation of other antimony salts.
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ESS LiGNOR
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blue (overall color)
red (overall color)
black (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 11.3 cm x 6 cm x 6.2 cm; 4 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 7/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche. A white shield on a blue background is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. Urdang attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz, which today is a city quarter in eastern Dresden, Germany. It is marked <i>ESS LiGNOR</i> in red initial letters.
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ESS SUCCIN
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blue (overall color)
red (overall color)
black (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
Measurements: overall: 11 cm x 5.8 cm x 6 cm; 4 5/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 2 3/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass container is decorated with a white baked enamel cartouche on a blue background. It is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. Urdang attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz. It is marked, <i>ESS SUCCIN</i> in red initials. This bottle would have contained the essence of succinum, or essence of amber, and was used as a cathartic, diuretic, and antihysteric.
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OL PETERA
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: glass (overall material)
paint (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
blue (overall color)
red (overall color)
black (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 11.5 cm x 2.6 cm x 2.8 cm; 4 1/2 in x 1 in x 1 1/8 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and flared collar. The clear glass is decorated with a white baked enamel cartouche on a blue background, framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. George Urdang, author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz. It is marked in red and black <i>OL PETERA</i>. The bottle would have contained Oleum Petera, or Peter’s Oil. Petra is Latin for rock, so this is rock oil, commonly known as petroleum. Petroleum was used as an antispasmodic, a liniment, and an expectorant.
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BALS IRIS ANIS
Collection: National Museum of American History
Object type: bottle
bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
date made: 18th century
unspecified: Germany
Physical Description: blue (overall color)
red (overall color)
black (overall color)
blown (overall production method/technique)
rococo (overall style)
glass (overall material)
paint, enamel (overall material)
colorless (overall color)
white (overall color)
yellow (overall color)
Measurements: overall: 11.6 cm x 5.8 cm x 5.8 cm; 4 9/16 in x 2 5/16 in x 2 5/16 in
Credit line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
Publisher: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
Topics: Art
Pharmacy
European Apothecary
Health & Medicine
Description: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an applied neck and a flared collar. The clear glass is decorated with a baked enamel cartouche with a white shield on a blue background. The shield is framed by a yellow C scroll design and capped by a crown. George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Pillnitz which today is a city quarter in eastern Dresden, Germany. The bottle is marked <i>BALS IRIS ANIS</i> with red initial letters and the alchemical symbol for sulphur.
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