CORNU CERVIUS
date: label: Date made
content: 1775 - 1799
label: date made
content: ca 1800
notes: label: Description
content: This early 19th-century ceramic apothecary jar bears the label <i>CORNU CERVIUS</i>. It would have contained which is Latin for Deer Horn. Calcium phosphate from stag horns was used in spirits or tinctures as a general tonic, diaphoretic, sedative, antispasmodic, or antacid. The text is surrounded by a yellow oval which is decorated with a garland of flowers at the top and a green wreath at the bottom.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
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: Health & Medicine
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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: 1991.0664.1095
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.1095
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 cm x 10.2 cm; 6 5/16 in x 4 in