Belladonna Leaf, Deadly Nightshade Leaf
date: label: date made
content: before 1964
name: label: maker
content: George Washington University. School of Pharmacy
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 as an anodyne, locally in neuralgia and nerve pains; as an antispasmodic, for checking secretions, as in coryza, night sweats, and excessive milk; also, as a narcotic and mydriatic [dilates the pupils]. [<i>Remington's Practice of Pharmacy,</i> Seventh Edition, 1926]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Crude Drugs
label: Subject
content: Pain & Neuralgia Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy; Accession 259201 (1964)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10904.052
label: accession number
content: 259201
label: catalog number
content: M-10904.052
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Crude Drug
label: Object Name
content: crude drug
label: Other Terms
content: Crude Drug; Materia Medica; Drugs; Vegetable; Leaf
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: belladonna leaf (drug material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (bottle material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (lid material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 5 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in; 14.605 cm x 6.985 cm x 6.985 cm