CORALL RUB
date: label: Date made
content: 1700 - 1799
notes: label: Description
content: Cylindrical drug jar with a cobalt blue and red cartouche surrounded by a stylized laurel wreath. On the opposite side is a orange shield. The interior of the shield is marked in black, "CORALL RUB". The shield as well as the mark have been applied with the cold paint technique.
label: Description
content: Corrall Rub or Corallium rubrum is a red coral found mainly in and around the Mediterranean Sea. Coral was used for centuries for a variety of ills including but not limited to the reduction of fever, the prevention of bleeding in pregnant women, for gastric pain and to protect infants from convulsions.
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: Art
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: 1991.0664.0843
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-06055
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 767
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: 12.5 cm x 10 cm; 4 15/16 in x 3 15/16 in