A Scorzon
date: label: Date made
content: 1800 - 1850
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> describes this jar and 1991.0664.0708 as coming from the Alsatian region of France. The bottle has four applied handles. The label reads <i>A Scorzon</i> which can refer to Scorzonera also know as viper grass. The root which is black with white flesh is boiled. It was once given to bubonic plague victims and for snake bites.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: France
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Medicine
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content: Medicine and Science: 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: 1991.0664.0707
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 631
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0707
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Object Name
content: Flask
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 27.5 cm x 15.5 cm x 13 cm; 10 13/16 in x 6 3/32 in x 5 1/8 in