BORAX
date: label: date made
content: 19th century
notes: label: Description
content: This wooden drug jar and lid has an ivory-colored shield outlined in black. The interior of the shield reads "BORAX". The interior of lid has two pieces of paper glued to it. The white label is obscured by the yellow label which has a hand written inscription in black ink and is marked "Borak..." This jar is part of a set which appears to have been made for the same apothecary. Borax can be used to fight fungal infections, and is an ingredient in many homeopathic remedies. is The Deutsche Apotheken-Museum in Heidelberg, Germany has similar containers in their collection.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: European Apothecary
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Wood Drug Jars
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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
label: Related Publication
content: Reinbacher, W. Rudolph. Healing Earths: The Third Leg of Medicine
label: Related Publication
content: Elisabeth Huwer. Das Deutsche Apotheken-Museum
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: 1991.0664.0888
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 810
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0888.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0888.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.3 cm x 7.3 cm; 6 7/16 in x 2 7/8 in