Characteristics
notes: label: Description
content: The inscription on one end of the box reads “CHARACTERISTICS, / BY / C. HERING, M.D. / [COPYRIGHT SECURED].” That on the inside reads “PUBLISHED BY / A. J. TAFEL / 48 N. Ninth Street / PHILADELPHIA.” Constantine Hering (1800-1880) was a German physician and practitioner of homeopathy who moved to the United States in 1833. Adolph J. Tafel (1839-1895) was associated with the Boericke & Tafel Homeopathic Pharmacy.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Pennsylvania, Philadelphia
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-01436.02
label: catalog number
content: M-01436.02
label: accession number
content: 67509
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Characteristic Cards, Homeopathic
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 2 7/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 1 1/4 in; 7.3025 cm x 6.985 cm x 3.175 cm