SACCH LACTIS
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped bottle has an unusally wide neck, a flared lip, and a large round stopper. The number 32 has been etched into the stopper. The baked white enamel shield is framed by stylized blue leaves with yellow and red flowers. A yellow crown sits atop the shield. The jar is marked with the alchemical symbol for powder. It is also marked <i>SACCH LACTIS</i> in black below it. The jar contained a powdered form of <i>Saccharum Lactis</i>, Latin for sugar milk, or lactose, which was used to dilute other drugs. It was also used as a diuretic and is still used today in homeopathic preparations.
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
label: Related Publication
content: Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
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: 1991.0664.0360
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 221
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0360
label: catalog number
content: M-05509
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: 17.3 cm x 6.5 cm x 6.4 cm; 6 13/16 in x 2 9/16 in x 2 1/2 in