Bottle, Medicine
- Object Name:
- Bottle, Medicine
- Object ID:
- 1993.039.18.26
- Description:
- Medicine bottle, with cork stopper. Amber glass. Square with elongated neck. Rounded lip, flattened corners. Machine-made. Two printed labels: "ACONITE 3 / -:-0... For: Fever; hot dry skin; / quick pulse: /dry or croupy cough; shooting / pains; local congestions; stitch / in the side or breast; throbbing / headache; vertigo. Dose -- Four pellets, or one / drop of fluid for adults, chil- / dren 1-2, and infants one - / fourth as much. Every half to / two hours in acute cases." and "WHEELER'S PHARMACY / SPRINGFIELD, VT. / AND CLAREMONT, N.H." Embossed on back "HUMPHREYS / HOMEOPA MED CO / NEW YORK". Bottom embossed "3". Printed on cork "ACONITE".
- Material:
- Glass
Cork - Dimensions:
- H-3 W-0.85 D-0.85 inches
- Provenance:
- From the object collection of the New Hampshire Medical Society, including medicine bottles, doctor's kits, and other medical equipment used in New Hampshire, 18th through 20th century.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of New Hampshire Medical Society
- Subjects:
- Medical equipment & supplies, Bottles, Medicine, Pharmacies, Pharmacists
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