Round black wooden medicine holder with screw top contains small clear glass vial with black wooden stopper; may have been used in hopes of dispelling "effluvia", i.e., contagion, that was thought to be carried in the air; the medicine when released was thought to dispel this "effluvia"; Dr. Brackeā¦
Round black wooden medicine holder with screw top contains small clear glass vial with black wooden stopper; may have been used in hopes of dispelling "effluvia", i.e., contagion, that was thought to be carried in the air; the medicine when released was thought to dispel this "effluvia"; Dr. Bracken must have acquired this as a medical relic.
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - case bottom - Size: Length 4.2 cm. x Diameter1.7 cm.
b - case lid - Size: Length 2.5 cm. x Diameter1.7 cm.
c - glass vial - Size: Length 4.2 cm. x Diameter1.0 cm.
d - stopper - Size: Length 1.2 cm. x Diameter1.0 cm.