ELIX UTERIN CR
date: label: date made
content: 18th century
notes: label: Description
content: This blown and molded square-shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and flared lip. It has a baked white enamel label surrounded by a gold and brown escutcheon with a crown at the top. The label is marked <i>ELIX UTERIN CR</i> in black, with the first initial of each word in red. The bottle would have contained an elixir of uterinum, a compound of sabin, leaves from the Juniper bush grown in Europe, castor, and myrrh which was used to stimulate menses.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Pharmacy
label: Subject
content: Women's Health
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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: 1991.0664.0453
label: catalog number
content: M-05602
label: accession number
content: 1991.0664
label: collector/donor number
content: SAP 314
label: catalog number
content: 1991.0664.0453
objectType: label: Object Name
content: bottle
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: glass (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 11.2 cm x 6 cm x 6 cm; 4 7/16 in x 2 3/8 in x 2 3/8 in