OXIMEL
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This syrup jar has a straight spout and an applied slab handle. In a monochrome palette of blue on blue it is decorated with flora and fauna motifs. The interior of the escrol is marked <i>OXIMEL</i>, a preparation used as cough medicine. The active drug was mixed with vinegar and honey. The recipe varies according to the active ingredients introduced into the mixture.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Italy
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: 1991.0664.0636
label: catalog number
content: M-05848
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.063
label: catalog number
content: M-05848 ?
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Object Name
content: syrup jar
label: Object Type
content: medicine
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 20.3 cm x 15 cm x 19 cm; 8 in x 5 29/32 in x 7 15/32 in
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 7/8 in x 7 1/2 in x 5 3/8 in; 20.0025 cm x 19.05 cm x 13.6525 cm