Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners and rounded shoulders that taper into a wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper stuck in closure; tan label on front of bottle; embossed words on bottom; printed words on cork; one quarter full of brown liquid contents.
Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners and rounded shoulders that taper into a wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper stuck in closure; tan label on front of bottle; embossed words on bottom; printed words on cork; one quarter full of brown liquid contents.
Printed on label: "APIS MELLIFICA // CONTAINS MAX.40% ALCOHOL // average dose; 5 to 15 drops // Prepared By // P. H. MALLEN COMPANY // CHICAGO"; embossed on bottom: “1 OZ // 43 // U.S.A.”; printed on cork: "APIS ME"
Permanent Location Notes
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-6 Box 4 Row F
Width
2.8
Height
8.7
Depth
3.0
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Yellowing of label; minor stains on label
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Apis Mellifica. Balanced Living.
P. H. Mallen & Company. Dr. Jack Fincham.
Research Facts
This bottle is an example of a “French Square”. In the late 1860s, a pharmacist from Philadelphia, Thomas Wiegand recommended French Squares for the elegance of their shape, strength, and the “facility and economy of space with which they can be packed together.”
This type of bottle was manufactured until the 1920s. This bottle style was frequently made for homeopathic pharmacists like P. H. Mallen and Company, Chicago.
Apis Mellifica is a remedy from the honey bee used mainly to relieve inflammation from urticaria and bites characterized by great redness and swelling.