PULV R SERPENT VIRG
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square–shaped bottle has a white oval cartouche and is marked "PULVR SERPENT VIRG." The jar would have contained pulverized radice serpentaria virginiana, or pulverized roots of Virginia snakeroot. Virginia snakeroot, <i>Aristolchia serpentaria</i> was used as a tonic, a diuretic, and a menses suppressant.
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: 1991.0664.0460
label: catalog number
content: M-05609
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 321
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0460
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 10.6 cm x 5 cm x 5.2 cm; 4 3/16 in x 1 31/32 in x 2 1/16 in