Top: "15 [handwritten in pencil] HENNA // Lewisonia inermis Lin. // No. 316 // C143009 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, // ONTARIO, CAN."; front: "SYNONYMS - Alhennah, Camphire, Eng. // Troêne d'Egypt, Fr.; Echte Alcanna, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The leaves. // FAMILY - Lythraceæ. // HABITAT - Southern Asia and adjacent // regions."; back: "PROPERTIES - Astringent, but chiefly // employed as a dye to stain the hair, finger- // nails, etc. // DOSE - One-half ounce infusion, using // one ounce drug to one pint of hot water." bottom: "CCO# [underlined] // IS [handwritten in pencil]"
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 and label yellowed; label water-marked on front, torn, and has a brown accretion on the back and a white accretion on the front.
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.