Object ID Number:
PH191
Object Name:
Pharmacy Bottles
Type:
Shop furniture
Manufactured from:
1870
Manufactured to:
1890
Description / History:
Set of four late 19th century medicine bottles. The bottles are made of clear mold blown glass with glass stoppers. Labels are white with gold trim and are affixed to the bottles with a thin sheet of concave glass.
Bottles are labeled
Ol. Terebinth. Oil of Terebinth, whose medicinal properties were discovered in Greece, was used during the 19th century as an anti inflammatory
Tinct. Digitalis. Tincture, an alcohol mixture, of Digitalis. Used as a sedative and cardiac tonic, slowing and strengthening the heart beat.
Ol. Monar. Used to treat bacterial pathogine in the respiratory tract
Spir. Camphor. A solutuin of alcohol and camphor, a strong smelling compound found in a species of Asian trees. Used as a calming agent in the treatment of hysteria or nervousness and as a treatment for diarrhea, digestive gas, nausea, or bronchitis. I was also used externally to releive the pain of rheumatism, burises, and sprains.
Bottles are labeled
Ol. Terebinth. Oil of Terebinth, whose medicinal properties were discovered in Greece, was used during the 19th century as an anti inflammatory
Tinct. Digitalis. Tincture, an alcohol mixture, of Digitalis. Used as a sedative and cardiac tonic, slowing and strengthening the heart beat.
Ol. Monar. Used to treat bacterial pathogine in the respiratory tract
Spir. Camphor. A solutuin of alcohol and camphor, a strong smelling compound found in a species of Asian trees. Used as a calming agent in the treatment of hysteria or nervousness and as a treatment for diarrhea, digestive gas, nausea, or bronchitis. I was also used externally to releive the pain of rheumatism, burises, and sprains.
Dimensions:
H–7 Dia–2.25 inches
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