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Pennyroyal
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Dates
1895
circa 1895
Collection
Parke-Davis Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
000001025
Description
Rectangular one-piece cardboard pennyroyal box wrapped in clear plastic.
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Accession Number
000001025
Collection
Parke-Davis Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
MeSH Heading
Plants, Medicinal
Drugs, Non-Prescription
Description
Rectangular one-piece cardboard pennyroyal box wrapped in clear plastic.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co.
Site Made (City)
Detroit
Site Made (State)
Michigan
Site Made (Country)
United States of America
Dates
1895
circa 1895
Date Remarks
Cited in Parke, Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection
Material
paper: brown; black
plastic: clear
Inscriptions
Top: "PENNYROYAL // Hedeoma pulegioides (Lin.) Pers. // No. 196 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT, MICH. // U.S.A."; front: "PROPERTIES - Stimulant, diaphoretic, // emmenagogue and carminative. // DOSE - A wineglassful (60 cc) of an in- // fusion, one ounce to the pint."; back: "SYNONYMS - HEDOMA, Squaw Mint, // Tickweed, Stinking Balm, Eng.; Herbe // de pouliot American, Fr.; Amerikan- // ischer Polei, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - Leaves and tops. // FAMILY - Labiatæ. // HABITAT - United States and Canada."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-5 Row D
Dimension Notes
Length 6.9 cm x Width 6.9 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
Condition Remarks
#1: Box somewhat dirty; plastic coming unsealed on left side; #2: still sealed in plastic; a few discolourations on bottom surface.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 1 page 3; personal communication with Jack Willson, May 2000
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.
Exhibit History
History of Contraception exhibit, Fraser-Armstrong 5, Kingston General Hospital; March 2004 - Case #1
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