Homeopathic Drug Kit
date: label: date made
content: ca 1876
notes: label: Description
content: Case containing 24 glass vials with cork stoppers and paper labels, that was made for and displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. An inscription reads “SMITH'S HOMOEOPATHIC PHARMACY NEW YORK.” John Tillinghast Slocum Smith (1805-1876) was the first manufacturer of homeopathic medication in the U.S. His grandson, Carroll Dunham Smith, the donor of this item, was head of the Carroll Dunham Smith Pharmacal Co. in New York and later New Jersey.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: related event
content: Centennial Exposition
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Dr. Carroll Dunham Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-01440.02
label: catalog number
content: M-01440.02
label: accession number
content: 67509
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drug Kit, Homeopathic
label: Object Name
content: drug kit, homeopathic
label: Object Name
content: drug kit
label: Object Name
content: homeopathic preparations
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass; cork; paper (vials(43) material)
label: Physical Description
content: leather; fabric; metal; wood (box(1) material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 in x 5 7/8 in x 3 3/4 in; 2.54 cm x 14.9225 cm x 9.525 cm