Apothecary Jar, CORAL ALBI
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: Blown, aqua-colored glass container. Marked in alternating red and black paint <i>CORAL ALBI</i>. 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: Medicine
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: 1991.0664.0447
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05596
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 308
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0447
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 6.1 cm x 5.5 cm; 2 3/8 in x 2 3/16 in