FERR LACTIC
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This is a square–shaped blown and molded glass jar that has a round glass stopper. The white oval baked enamel label is marked <i>FERR LACTIC.</i> The jar would have contained Ferrous Lactate, also known as Iron Lactate.
label: Description
content: Iron lactate was used as an astringent, a tonic, and a styptic to stem blood loss from wounds. This jar is illustrated on page 30 of the <i>Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i>.
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: 1991.0664.0436
label: catalog number
content: M-05585
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 297
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0436.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0436.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12.2 cm x 6.1 cm x 6.1 cm; 4 13/16 in x 2 13/32 in x 2 13/32 in