TINCT MELAMPOD
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square–shaped blown and molded glass bottle has a narrow neck and rounded shoulders. The white oval baked enamel label is marked, <i>TINCT MELAMPOD</i>". The jar would have contained a Tincture of Melampodium. Tinctures were steeped for weeks with a mixture of herbs and alcohol. Melampodium was a flowering plant that was used as a cathartic to aid digestion and as an emmenagogue to encourage menstrual flow. This bottle 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: 1991.0664.0435
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05584
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 296
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0435
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.1 cm x 6.6 cm x 6.4 cm; 5 5/32 in x 2 19/32 in x 2 17/32 in