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LicenseClear glass bottle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Clear glass bottle
Science Museum Group
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Clear glass bottle
© The Board of Trustees of the
Science Museum Group
Clear glass bottle
© The Board of Trustees of the
Science Museum Group
Clear glass bottle
© The Board of Trustees of the
Science Museum Group
Clear glass bottle
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Clear glass bottle
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Clear glass bottle
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Clear glass bottle, containing "anti-hysteria water" made at the Carthusian Monastery, Certosa, near Florence, Italian, 1850-1920
‘Anti-hysteria water’ is contained in this moulded glass bottle. It was produced by the pharmacy of the Carthusian Monastery, near Florence in Italy. The water was taken with a cup of coffee with a third of a cup of water and a little sugar. This created ‘an aromatic drink that calms nervous excitation.’ Monasteries often produced such simple remedies and cures for general sale. In the 1800s, hysteria was a broad diagnosis applied to women with ‘nervous’ conditions.
Details
- Category:
- Materia Medica & Pharmacology
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A69425
- Materials:
- glass, stopper, cork and stopper, tin
- Measurements:
-
overall: 139 mm 24 mm, .043 kg
- type:
- bottle
- credit:
- Carthusian Monastery
