Sample dish containing mescal
- Made:
- 1901-1940
Sample dish containing examples of mescal buttons a narcotic produced from the tips of the leaves of a spineless cacti, Echinocactus of the Mammalaria family. The drug is also said to have benefits in the following areas, cardiac, tonic, narcotic as an emetic. The value of the drug in practice is uncertain, but it is stated to be useful in neurasthenia, hysteria, and asthma, and has been recommended in gout, neuralgia and rheumatism (www.botanical.com). Dish is sealed.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A626835
- Materials:
- container, glass and drug, plant material
- type:
- specimen dish and mescaline
- credit:
- Wellcome Trust
