Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners, rounded shoulders that taper into a long wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper and original paper covering secured by string; tan paper label; embossed number on bottom; one half full of brown liquid contents.
Rectangular clear glass bottle with flat corners, rounded shoulders that taper into a long wide neck ending in a collar with cork stopper and original paper covering secured by string; tan paper label; embossed number on bottom; one half full of brown liquid contents.
Printed on label: "Luyties Tincture // APOCYNUM CAN. // ALCOHOL 48% // Principal Indications: An important remedy in // dropsy. Fullness of cellular tissue, edema, atonic con- // dition of blood vessels, permitting exudation and drp- // sical conditions. Urinary suppression and stranguary, // great thirst, gastric irritability, feeble cardiac action. // Menorrhagia, with watery menstrual flow, watery // leucorrhea, relaxed uterus. // Usual dose: 10 drops of Luyties’ Tincture of Apocynum in a little water four times daily. // Luyties Pharmacal Company, St. Louis, Mo."; embossed on bottom: "10"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-8 Box 3 Row C
Width
4.2
Height
12.5
Depth
4.2
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Yellowing of label; minor staining; moderate decay of original paper cork cover; minor chip on upper right shoulder on back
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Apocynum Can. Wikipedia.
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.
Apocynum Can. is extensively found in North America.
Apocynum Can. has been used to treat fever, dysentery, slowing of the pulse, as a sedative and a mild hypnotic It is an unpleasantly bitter stimulant irritant herb that acts on the heart, respiratory and urinary systems, and also on the uterus.