TR RHEI AQ
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This square-shaped bottle has a baked enamel label, and is marked in black <i>TR RHEI AQ</i>. The letter B is etched into the crown. RHEI notes J. Worth Estes in <i>The Dictionary of Photopharmacology</i> is an abbreviation for Rhubarb, specifically Chinese Rhubarb. It is tonic and a cathartic and aid constipation.
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: 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: 1991.0664.0393
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 254
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0393
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: 16.2 cm x 7 cm x 7.1 cm; 6 3/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 13/16 in