SANGUIS DRACONIS
date: label: date made
content: 1790-1810
label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1799
notes: label: Description
content: <i>SANGUIS DRACONIS</i> or Dragons Blood is a gum resin taken from the berries of palm trees. It was used by the Greeks, Romans and peoples of Asia and the Middle-East as a dye. It was also used for medicinal purposes including respiratory and gastrointestinal ailments. Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang author of <i>The Squibb Ancient Apothecary Catalogue</i> attributes containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design surrounding the medallion and the initials <i>HN</i> on the bottom of many of the jars in the series. However, in a letter to curators dated August 1983, the pharmaceutical historian Wolfgang-Hagen Hein wrote that the containers without initials and those marked <i>FH</i> were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse twenty-three miles southwest of Hanau.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: 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: 1991.0664.0804
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0804
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: 15.8 cm x 11 cm; 6 1/4 in x 4 5/16 in