Object Details
- Description
- This square-shaped bottle has a narrow neck for pouring liquids. It is marked TINCT OPII SIMPL. Tinctures, mixtures of alcohol and herbs were popular forms of administering medications. Numerous opiate tincture recipes could be used to relieve a variety of ailments as antispasmodics, antidiarrhetics, pain relievers, cough suppressants, and as sedatives.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
- 18th century
- ID Number
- 1991.0664.0243
- accession number
- 1991.0664
- catalog number
- M-05391
- collector/donor number
- SAP 100
- catalog number
- 1991.0664.0243
- Object Name
- bottle
- Other Terms
- bottle; PHARMACEUTICAL CONTAINER
- Physical Description
- glass (overall material)
- paint (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 9 cm x 5.5 cm x 5.4 cm; 3 9/16 in x 2 3/16 in x 2 1/8 in
- Related Publication
- Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection
- Estes, J. Worth. Dictionary of Protopharmacology: Therapeutic Practices, 1700-1850
- See more items in
- Medicine and Science: Medicine
- European Apothecary
- Health & Medicine
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Pharmacy
- Record ID
- nmah_994202
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a6-e77b-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
