TR GUAIC VOLi

Object Details

Description: This blown and molded square-shaped glass drug jar has rounded shoulders, and a narrow neck with a flared lip. The enamel label is a white shield outlined in yellow and blue. The yellow crown has yellow flowers surrounded by white dots. George Urdang, historian of pharmacy and cataloguer of the Bristol-Myers Squibb Collection attributes this bottle to the Court Pharmacy of Phillnitz.in what is today an eastern neighborhood of Dresden, Germany. The bottle is marked TR GUAJAC VOL in black with the first letter of each word in red. this bottle would have contained a tincture of guiac, a tincture made from the resin or wood of the lignum vitae tree. Guiac was used as a diuretic, cathartic, and diaphoretic, and was supposed to be effective in treating syphilis.
Location: Currently not on view

Credit Line: Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company

18th century

Physical Description: glass (overall material); paint (overall material); colorless (overall color); white (overall color); yellow (overall color); blue (overall color); red (overall color); black (overall color); blown (overall production method/technique)
Measurements: overall: 11.5 cm x 6.3 cm x 6 cm; 4 1/2 in x 2 1/2 in x 2 3/8 in

Related Publication: Urdang, George and Ferdinand William Nitardy. The Squibb Ancient Pharmacy: A Catalogue of the Collection

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