LIQ CORN CERV SUCC
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>LIQ CORN CERV SUCC</i>. The jar would have contained a liquor solution of amber with cornu cervi (calcium phosphate from stag horns). The solution was used as a general tonic, sedative, antispasmodic, nervine, and antacid.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Health & Medicine
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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: 1991.0664.0301
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05450
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 159
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0301
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
label: Other Terms
content: bottle; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 12 cm x 7.1 cm x 7.1 cm; 4 3/4 in x 2 13/16 in x 2 13/16 in