BALS VITAE HOFFM
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded bottle has a baked enamel which reads <i>BALS VITAE HOFFM</i>. The bottle would have contained Hoffman’s Balsam of Life, a tincture from the balsam of Peru (myroxylon pereirae) and other aromatics synthesized by the German physician Friedrich Hoffman during the 18th century. The Balsam of Life would have been used as a liniment for treating wounds.
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
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: 1991.0664.0273
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05422
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 131
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0273
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: 12.8 cm x 7 cm x 7.1 cm; 5 1/16 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 13/16 in