Oleum ae Valerian
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown glass urn-shaped drug jar has a long neck and applied foot. The neck in this object has broken. The label has been applied using a cold Paint technique rather than being baked or fused with high heat. The label is a gold oval outlined in red with the text <i>Oleum ae Valerian</i> in black. The jar would have contained oil of valerian, prepared from valerian root. Oil of valerian was sometimes used as a mild sedative and as an anticonvulsant for epilepsy.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0401
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05550
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 292
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0401
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: 6.8 cm x 4 cm; 2 11/16 in x 1 9/16 in