ELIX SALUT
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square–shaped bottle has a baked enamel white oval cartouche that is outlined with blue vines, red and yellow flowers, and a three-pointed crown. The cartouche is marked <i>ELIX SALUT</i>. The jar would have contained Elixir Salutis, or Elixir of Health. The elixir was composed of the plants senna, coriander, and jalap. The elixir was used as a carminative to relieve flatulence and as a cathartic to accelerate bowel movements.
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: Health & 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: 1991.0664.0386
label: catalog number
content: M-05535
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 247
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0386
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: 15.2 cm x 6.6 cm x 6.7 cm; 5 31/32 in x 2 19/32 in x 2 5/8 in