AQ CARDUI BENED
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded bottle reads <i> AQ CARDUI BENED</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. It would have contained Aqua Cardui Benedicti, or Blessed Thistle Water that would have been made from the Cnicus benedictus thistle. It was used as a tonic, diaphoretic, and emetic.
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: European Apothecary
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content: Health & Medicine
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content: Art
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: 1991.0664.0296
label: catalog number
content: M-05445
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 154
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0296.01
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0296.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
label: Other Terms
content: jar; Pharmaceutical Container
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 24.3 cm x 9.6 cm x 9.5 cm; 9 9/16 in x 3 25/32 in x 3 3/4 in