Capsicum, African (Capsicum Fastigiatum), Powdered, U.S.P., No. 50, For Percolation
date: label: date made
content: ca 1921
name: label: maker
content: Gilpin, Langdon and Company
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
label: Description
content: For use internally as a gastric and intestinal stimulant. Externally it is much used as a rubefacient [produces redness and local irritation of the skin] and is the basis of numerous liniments and stimulating salves. [<i>Remington's Practice of Pharmacy,</i> Seventh Edition, 1926]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Maryland, Baltimore
topic: label: Subject
content: Rubs, Liniments & Ointments
label: Subject
content: Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Botanical Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Gilpin, Langdon and Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-01276
label: accession number
content: 67238
label: catalog number
content: M-01276
objectType: label: Object Name
content: pharmaceutical
label: Object Name
content: crude drug
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Non-Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cork (lid material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: powdered capsicum (drug active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 7 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in; 18.0975 cm x 6.985 cm