Top: "WINTERGREEN // LEAVES // Gaultheria procumberns Lin. // No. 303 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, // ONTARIO, CANADA"; front: "SYNONYMS - Mountain Tea, Deerberry, // Tea berry, Box berry, Partridge berry, // Checker berry, Eng.; Canadischer Thee, // Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The leaves. // FAMILY - Ericaceæ. // HABITAT - United States and Canada."; back: "PROPERTIES - Stimulant, aromatic and // astringent. Used as an infusion in // chronic mucous discharges, also as a car- // minative and emmenagogue. // DOSE - A wineglassful (60 cc) of an in- // fusion, one ounce to the pint."; right side: "[illeg.] 5 [handwritten in pencil]"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-5 Row F
Dimension Notes
Length 6.9 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Box is dented at bottom; abrasion on left side; some plant material has escaped box; plastic is torn completely across bottom and has come unsealed on both sides.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 1 page 4; 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.