Capsicum (Cayenne Pepper)
date: label: date made
content: before 1964
name: label: maker
content: George Washington University. School of Pharmacy
notes: label: Description
content: The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer, or as found in contemporary medical literature, are:
label: Description
content: For use internally as a gastric and intestinal stimulant. Externally it is much used as a rubefacient [counterirritant; causing reddening of the skin]. [<i>Remington's Practice of Pharmacy,</i> Seventh Edition, 1926]
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: District of Columbia, Washington
topic: label: Subject
content: Crude Drugs
label: Subject
content: Indigestion & Nausea Drugs
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content: Medicine and Science: Medicine
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content: Health & Medicine
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of George Washington University, School of Pharmacy; Accession 259201 (1964)
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: MG.M-10904.018.01
label: accession number
content: 259201
label: catalog number
content: M-10904.018
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Crude Drug
label: Other Terms
content: Crude Drug; Materia Medica; Drugs; Vegetable
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cayenne pepper (drug material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: paper (label material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (lid material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 cm x 7 cm x 7 cm; 5 29/32 in x 2 3/4 in x 2 3/4 in