Ungula Alcis
date: label: date made
content: 17th century
notes: label: Description
content: Wooden drug jars are rare. In the Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue George Urdang notes in the <i>Squibb Ancient Pharmacy Catalogue</i> that the inscription placed just below the lid dates this object to the 17th century. The label reads “Ungula Alcis”, which is elk’s hoof. This wooden drug jar would originally have contained powdered elk’s hoof to prevent seizures from epilepsy. Some suffers wore a piece of elks hoof around their neck.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: Germany
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: European Apothecary
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: European Apothecary
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content: Wood Drug Jars
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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: 1991.0664.0867
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0867.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0867.02
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 789
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: Container; jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: turnen wood (overall production method/technique)
label: Physical Description
content: wood (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 26.5 cm x 11.2 cm; 10 7/16 in x 4 7/16 in