"Three Snake Gallbladder Ginger"
date: label: date made
content: ca 1956
label: date made
content: 1923-1956
notes: label: Description
content: Three paper wrapped boxes of medicinal product from China. One box was completely unwrapped for documentation revealing a red and gold- colored square metal tin with lid. Tin contains dried botanical (prepared ginger root) with a waxed paper liner. Tin was wrapped in three layers: first, pink paper with blue printed label, which was wrapped in a second printed information sheet, and finally the whole box was wrapped in translucent wax paper. Package includes a small yellow and red printed certificate of authenticity dated 1921. Translated from certificate: "In order to prevent counterfeiting, we have specially made a small coupon with fine embellishment and a watermark on the inside of the coupon." and "This certificate was printed in 1923 to prevent counterfeiting."
label: Description
content: [Translated from information sheet]: "Our medicine hall was founded in the 1662 under the rule of Kangxi and is over 200 years old. The snake gallbladder medicine we have produced is well known at home and abroad and is especially useful during childbirth. The hall collects snakes during the winter solstice and extracts the pure gall bladder juice to prepare the authentic Tibetan ginger. . . . "
label: Description
content: [Partial translation from information sheet]: "A cure for passing out after drinking too much; A cure for vomiting due to sea sickness, problems adjusting to a new environment, high altitudes, chills, and vomiting for no reason [?]; A treatment for chronic convulsions, blue lips, and dizziness in children; Treats symptoms of women experiencing postpartum and a twisting pain of the stomach; A treatment for postpartum chills and fever in women. . . "
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
label: Location
content: Currently not on view (paper wrappers (from c))
place: label: place made
content: China
label: associated place
content: China
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Transfer from the Bureau of Customs, Treasury Department, San Francisco, CA
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-06893
label: catalog number
content: M-06893
label: accession number
content: 210760
objectType: label: Object Name
content: otc preparation
label: Other Terms
content: Crude Drug; Materia Medica; Drugs
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: substance, unidentified (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall as stored: 4 in x 4 1/2 in x 5 in; 10.16 cm x 11.43 cm x 12.7 cm