Bolus Arme nica
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This urn–shaped drug jar has a grayish–white glaze, a straight neck, and a round, domed foot. A rectangular label is formed at the center of the jar by thin lines of brown, orange, and yellow, topped by four C–scrolls forming a blue cartouche with a yellow and orange center. The label creates a frame for the jars inscription. The outer frame is surrounded at its top and bottom by green and blue vines and swags of yellow beads.
label: Description
content: The inscription reads <i>Bolus Arme nica.</i> Correspondence in 1954 between Division of Medicine Associate Curator George Griffenhagen and George Urdang notes that the jars appear to be of Catalonian–Aragonese origin. The jar would have contained Bolus Armenica, or Armenian Bole. Bolus Armenus consisted of clay and aluminum silicate. It was used as an astringent, and as an absorbent to stop the flow of blood.
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: 1991.0664.0565
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 489
label: catalog number
content: M-05777
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0565
objectType: label: Object Name
content: jar
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: ceramic (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 25.5 cm x 14 cm; 10 1/32 in x 5 1/2 in