Glass specimen bottle

Made:: 1800-1900

Glass specimen bottle, contains seeds of logwood from South America ? logwood has been administered for dysentery and diarrhoeaand used as an astringent in haemorrhages from the lungs, uterus, and bowels; also efficient in leucorrhoea. Dr. Percival used logwood to check profuse perspiration in phthisis.

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Category:: Materia Medica & Pharmacology

Collection:: Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection

Object Number:: A673413

Materials:: glass and cork

type:: specimen bottle, logwood seeds and materia medica

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