Glass drug jar
- Made:
- 1601-1800
Glass drug jar, with parchment lid, labelled "SERPENT.VIRGINIA" (snake root - used to cure the bile of 'snakes and mad dogs' and stiumlant for fevers), probably Spanish, 17th or 18th century
Details
- Category:
- Medical Glass-ware
- Collection:
- Sir Henry Wellcome's Museum Collection
- Object Number:
- A61754
- type:
- glass drug jars
- credit:
- Pontes, N.de