Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners, rounded shoulders that taper into a wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper and original paper covering secured by string; tan paper label; embossed words on bottom; one third 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 and original paper covering secured by string; tan paper label; embossed words on bottom; one third full of brown liquid contents.
Printed on label: "Homeopathic Tincture // of // ECHINACEA // THIS TINCTURE // CONTAINS 78% GRAIN ALCOHOL // Prepared By // P. H. MALLEN COMPANY // CHEMISTS AND PHARMACISTS // 20 East Randolph Street CHICAGO // 4 OZS”; embossed on bottom: “F // U.S.A.”
Temporary Location
On exhibit “Selling Hope: A History of the Medical Marketplace” at Museum of Health Care, 29 June 2017.
Width
4.2
Height
12.6
Depth
4.2
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Yellowing of label
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Echinacea ang Tincture. 1-800-Homeopathy.
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.
As an alcohol based tincture or diluted as a wash, this can be used locally as a cleansing wash. For skin, it can be applied to rashes, sores, pimples and other irritations. Diluted, it can be made into or added to a gargle for symptoms affecting the throat with redness and irritation.