Apothecary Bottle, ESS HELENI
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square-shaped glass drug jar is marked <i>ESS HELENI</i>. Heleni or Helenium refers to Enula Campana an herb with a yellow flower. In medicinal preparations the root of the plant is used to make tea for coughs as a diuretic, expectorant, and as a tonic.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0221
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05369
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 78
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: 15.8 cm x 7.7 cm x 7 cm; 6 1/4 in x 3 1/16 in x 2 3/4 in