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; two thirds 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; two thirds full of brown liquid contents.
Printed on label: "Homeopathic Tincture // OF // IPECACUANHA // THIS TINCTURE // CONTAINS % ALCOHOL // Prepared By // P. H. MALLEN COMPANY // CHEMISTS AND PHARMACISTS //125 North Wabash Ave. CHICAGO // 8 FL. OZS"; embossed on bottom: “8 OZ // .4 42 // U.S.A.”
Temporary Location
On exhibit “Selling Hope: A History of the Medical Marketplace” at Museum of Health Care, 29 June 2017.
Width
5.3
Height
15.5
Depth
5.3
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Yellowing of label; minor staining
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Ipecacuanha / Ipecac / Ip. Home Remedy Central.
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.
Ipecacuanha in high doses can cause vomiting and even cardiac failure. It has however, through the years, become accepted as a remedy that can loosen up phlegm or induce vomiting when necessary.