Elix Pectoralis
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown glass drug jar has a round body and a long neck, flared lip and an applied foot. The oval label is painted gold, black and red in the cold technique is marked in Latin, <i>Elix Pectoralis</i>" Containers of this shape and size were called "noenchen" or little nuns. This jar is one of a group of five bottles of the same size and shape. Elixir Pectoralis would have been a elixir that served as a remedy for ailments of the chest or lungs.
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: 1991.0664.0400
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05549.01
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 261
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0400
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: 15.7 cm x 16.6 cm; 6 3/16 in x 6 17/32 in