PULV: BEZOARD
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This opaque white blown-glass jar has a wide mouth, flared lip, and applied stepped foot. The baked enamel label features a red and blue stylized wreath framing a gold and red shield topped by a gold crown with red accents. The label inside the shield is marked <i>PULV BEZOARD</i>” in black text with the first initial in red. The opaqueness of the glass comes from the addition of tin oxide in an attempt to mimic porcelain.
label: Description
content: This bottle would have contained pulverized Bezoards. Bezoars were small <i>stones</i> found in the stomachs of goats and other grazing animals. When the animal ate something that it could not digest, such as wood, straw, hair, grass or herbs, the accumulatiion of these products created a bezoar. Bezoars were used as medication for such ailments as fevers, plagues, and poisonings. Bezoars were eventually substituted for various salts and herbs in a vinegar solution.
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: 1991.0664.0471
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05620
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 332
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0471
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paint (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.3 cm x 10.5 cm; 6 7/16 in x 4 1/8 in