Prescription Label, Apotheke von A. Hempel in Dortmund
date: label: date made
content: 1859-11-23
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection has over two hundred early prescription labels from dozens of apothecaries across Germany and Austria.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Early labels were plain and without adornment. Later embellishments included decorative borders, images of animals such as stags, lions, or elephants associated with the name of the apothecary.
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: European Apothecary
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content: Religion
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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: 1991.0664.1306
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.1306
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
objectType: label: Object Name
content: prescription label
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)