EXTR CENTAUR MIN
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This is a small wide-mouthed tin-glazed whitish gray drug jar with a flared lip. The jar is decorated with a circular vine of blue leaves and flowers and is marked “EXTR CENTAUR MIN.” The buds, leaves and stems of the plant <i>Centaurium minus</i> are used in the preparation of Extract of Centaurium Minus. The extract was used as as a remedy for hypertension, dyspepsia, loss of appetite, kidney stones, anxiety and insomnia.
label: Description
content: Drug jars 1991.0664.0724–.0728 are attributed to 18th-century Nuremberg. George Urdang bases this attribution to the blue wreath and the potter’s mark at the bottom of the jars.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany: Bavaria, Nuremberg
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: 1991.0664.0724
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05936
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 648
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0724
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.1 cm x 8 cm; 3 31/32 in x 3 5/32 in