Syr d Polipod. romy
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This syrup jar has a straight spout, an applied strap handle and a circular foot. It is decorated with two bands of light blue leaves and vines at the upper and lower shoulders. It has two labels; one is gothic script across the center of the jar, the second has been applied in the cold painting technique at the back of the jar below the handle, indicating that the jar was used for more than one medicinal. The first label is marked <i>Syr. D Polipod</i>. Estes notes that root of polypod fern purges melancholy humors, and is also an astringent. The second label reads <i>Syr. Violar</i> or Violet Syrup. It was a gentle cathartic suitable for children.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Polypod appears in the 1678 <i>A Complete Treatise of Preternatural Tumours</i> by John Brown. Interestingly it is also mentioned in <i>Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association</i>held in Kansas City, Missouri in 1881.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Art
publisher: label: Related Publication
content: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1991.0664.0609
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 533
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0609
objectType: label: Object Name
content: syrup jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 8 7/8 in x 7 5/8 in x 6 in; 22.5425 cm x 19.3675 cm x 15.24 cm