Top: "No. 56 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO.'S // BONESET // (EUPATORIUM, N.F.) // Eupatorium, Thoroughwort // Lin. Herbe d'Eupatoire // Durchwachsdost perfoliée // SELECTED DRUG, CAREFULLY CLEANED // AND FREE FROM ADULTERATION. // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT, Mich. U.S.A. Walkerville, // Ont., // Canada"; front: "MEDICINAL USES // Boneset is a diaphoretic and // bitter tonic, used chiefly in the // treatment of periodic fevers and colds."; right side: "DIRECTIONS FOR USE // DOSE - 1 to 3 teaspoonfuls of // the herb steeped in a cup of // boiling water."; back: "P D & Co. [surrounded by] . MEDICAMENTA . VERA [this is a monogramme]"; left side: "MODE D'EMPLOIE // DOSE: Infusez 1 à 3 cuillerées à café de cette herbe dans une tasse d'eau bouillante."; bottom: "DIREZIONI // Dose: Da 1 a 3 cucchiaini di // quest'erba messe in infusione // dentro una tazza di acqua bollente. // JAK UZYWAC // Doza: 1 do 3 malyck lyzek // ziola zamoczyc w filizance gotu- // jacy wody. // GEBRAUCHSANWEISUNG // Dosis: Man nehm 1 bis 3 // Teelöffel voll des drautes in eine // Tass kochenden Wassers."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-5 Row A
Dimension Notes
Length 6.9 cm x Width 6.7 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Cardboard is yellowed, especially on top; some dried plant material has escaped box and is trapped in plastic.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
JPG
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 1 page 1; 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.