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.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A673413
- type:
- specimen bottle, logwood seeds and materia medica
