Top: "LIVERWORT // Hepatica species. // 25 [written by hand] // No. 157 // C145209 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT , MICH. U.S.A."; front: "PROPERTIES - Feebly astringent and // cholagogue. Useful in torpidity of liver // and diarrhea with insufficiency of bile. // DOSE - A wineglassful (60 Cc.) of an infusion, one ounce to the pint."; back: "SYNONYMS -Liver Leaf, Kidney Liver- // wort, Eng.; Herbe de Hépatique, Fr.; // Edelleberkraut, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The leaves. // FAMILY - Ranunculaceæ. // HABITAT - United States and Canada."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-5 Row C
Dimension Notes
Length 6.9 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Box is dented on front and bottom; overall dirty; bottom and right side show water marks; plastic wrap is torn on bottom and is coming unsealed on left side
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
Personal communication with Jack Willson, May 2000; CD #2
Research Facts
The plastic wrap is not part of the original packaging; it was added to protect the materials as they were collected after 1949.