Bottle, Medicine

Object Name:

Bottle, Medicine

Object ID:

1992.063.099

Date:

circa 1910

Description:

Medicine bottle. Clear pressed glass with mold seam; rectangle body with rounded corners and short curved shoulders; rectangle recesses four sides. Cylindrical neck with rounded lip. Paper label adhered to front in recess: "DR. KILMER'S / SWAMP-ROOT / (CONTAINS NINE PER / CENT ALCOHOL) / A Diuretic to / the Kidneys / Shake well before taking / DIRECTIONS / Take two teaspoonfuls / just before meals or soon / after and at bedtime. / Children less according / to age. / May commence with / small doses and increase / to full dose or to one table- / spoonful. / As a rule older people / require larger doses than / younger people in order to / secure the same results. / It is pleasant to take. / Swamp-Root is compounded by / DR. KILMER CO., / BINGHAMTON, N.Y." printed black ink; black line border. "3" and "P" in circle embossed on bottom.

Material:

Glass

Dimensions:

H-8.3 W-2.9 D-1.8 inches

Provenance:

From the Wilfred B. Osgood pharmacy collection, consisting of the contents of the Knox Pharmacy and Roberts Rexall Store (a.k.a. Osgood's Pharmacy) in Farmington, N.H.

Credit Line:

Gift of Donna T. Osgood in memory of Wilfred B. Osgood

People:

Osgood, Wilfred (1911-1988)

Subjects:

Pharmacies, Pharmacists