ELIX PECTORAL WED
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>ELIX PECTORAL WED</i>, and would have contained Wedel’s Pectoral Elixir. Pectoral medicines were remedies for a variety of chest or lung illnesses that had antitussive or expectorant properties. Georg Wolfgang Wedel (1645–1721) was a German physician who composed several of his own medicinal solutions. Wedel’s Pectoral medicine consisted of benzoic acid, ground irises, sugar, fennel oil, and sulphur.
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
label: Related Publication
content: Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
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: 1991.0664.0312
label: catalog number
content: M-05461
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 170
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0312
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: 13.3 cm x 6.7 cm x 6.7 cm; 5 1/4 in x 2 5/8 in x 2 5/8 in