ESS ASSA FOXTIDAE
date: label: date made
content: 17th-18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square–shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and rounded shoulders. The white baked enamel label is framed by a Baroque–style blue and yellow cartouche. The label reads <i>ESS ASSA FOETIDAE</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. Assafoetidae (asafetida) is the gum resin from a variety of plants belonging to the <i>ferula</i> genus. The Essence of Assafoetidae would have been used as an antispasmodic, an expectorant, or a diuretic.
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: 1991.0664.0322
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: catalog number
content: M-05471
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 180
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0322
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 cm x 7 cm x 6.7 cm; 5 1/8 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 5/8 in