CEPHAL CAR
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This bottle is marked <i>CEPHAL CAR</i> in black, along with the alchemical symbol for water, and a second unknown symbol. The front shoulder of the container is etched with a Z and 9. Cephalics were remedies for headaches. This jar would have contained an liquid solution to cure headaches.
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: 1991.0664.0374
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05523
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 235
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0374
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: 11.8 cm x 5.5 cm x 6 cm; 4 21/32 in x 2 5/32 in x 2 3/8 in