AQUA PRUN PADI
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This glass jar has a broken lip. The blue and white baked enamel label is marked <i>AQUA PRUN PADI</i> in black text. Prunus padus is a species of cherry tree native to Europe. Its leaves and flowers would have been distilled in water to make Aqua Prunus Padus. The solution was used as a narcotic and a digestive. It would have contained hydrocyanic acid, which is poisonous in large amounts.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & 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: 1991.0664.0464
label: catalog number
content: M-05613
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 325
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0464
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 5.6 cm x 2 cm x 2 cm; 2 7/32 in x 25/32 in x 25/32 in