Cascara Sagrada U.S.P., Fluid Extract, Lilly No. 105
date: label: date made
content: ca 1928
name: label: maker
content: Eli Lilly and Company
notes: label: Description
content: Round, clear glass bottle with ground-glass stopper. Wrap-around paper label with red borders and black and red print. Bottle contains dark liquid. 1/4 Pint. Indications on label: Laxative; Cathartic; Stomachic.
label: Description
content: One of three (3) specimens of official preparations of cascara sagrada donated by Eli Lilly and Company in 1928 for the pharmacy exhibits. These specimens replaced material from the 1920 exhibit on the use of cascara sagrada in medicine (see accession 64964). Objects in the pharmacy exhibits were often replaced with “fresh” preparations as specimens became depleted, discolored, or out-of-date.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Indiana, Indianapolis
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Eli Lilly and Company
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-02480
label: catalog number
content: M-02480
label: maker number
content: No. 105
label: accession number
content: 103076
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Pharmaceutical
label: Other Terms
content: Pharmaceutical; Cascara Sagrada; Pharmaceuticals; Drugs; Liquid
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: rhammus purshiana (cascara sagrada) ; alcohol 22% (overall active ingredients)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 13.5 cm x 4.8 cm; 5 5/16 in x 1 7/8 in