Original Museum Collection
Collection # 1 | 1821 ObjectsCollection Description
Pharmacy objects, textbooks, diplomas. graphics, materia medici and prepared medicines.
This is a controlled substance
1488
N/A
Warburg Tincture
N/A
N/A
Warburg's tincture was well known in the Victorian era as a medicine for fevers, especially tropical fevers, including malaria. It was considered, by some, to be superior to quinine.
Parke, Davis & Co.
N/A
282
Tablet
Glass Bottle, Unsealed
1
Detroit, Mich. USA.
4 ounces each of Socotrine aloes, Rhubarb root (East India), Angelica seeds, and Confection Damocratric; 2 ounces each of Helenis root (Elecampane root), Saffron, Fennel seeds, and Prepared chalk; and 1 ounce each of Gentian root, Zedoary root, Cubelis (tailed pepper), Myrrh, Camphor, and boletus laricis (Polyporus officinalis, a fungus). Above ingredients to be digested with 500 ounces of proof spirit in a water-bath for 12 hours; then expressed and ten ounces of Disulphate of Quinine added; the mixture to be replaced in the water-bath till all quinine is dissolved. The liquor, when cool, is to be filtered, and is then fit for use. (?)
Controlled Substance
1584
NA
Warburg Tincture
Bottle with ripped label and BB0 written/stamped on it
Warburg Tincture | Chocolate-coated Tablets | Parke | Davis & Co. |
8
3.5
2.8
Medicine
Late 19th Century
Worn
1
Not Provided
Not Provided
Museum
1505
12/09/2018
12/31/1969
Pharmacy objects, textbooks, diplomas. graphics, materia medici and prepared medicines.
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