Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners, rounded shoulders that taper into a wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper stuck in neck; tan paper label; embossed words on bottom; one quarter full of brown liquid contents.
Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners, rounded shoulders that taper into a wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper stuck in neck; tan paper label; embossed words on bottom; one quarter full of brown liquid contents.
Printed on label: "Homeopathic Tincture // of // AESCULUS HIP. // THIS TINCTURE // CONTAINS 60% ALCOHOL // Prepared By // P. H. MALLEN COMPANY // CHEMISTS AND PHARMACISTS 125 North Wabash Ave. CHICAGO"; embossed on bottom: “5 // U.S.A.”
Temporary Location
On exhibit “Selling Hope: A History of the Medical Marketplace” at Museum of Health Care, 29 June 2017.
Width
3.5
Height
10.7
Depth
3.5
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Yellowing of label; some minor tears and areas of loss
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Symptoms and Uses of Aesculus Hippocastanum. Homeopathy for Happy Life.
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.
Aesculus hippocastanum is used on the outside for curing lupus and skin ulcers. It is also helpful for treating varicose veins, hemorrhoids, dysentery, malaria and phlebitis.