Top: "SOAP TREE // (QUILLAJA, N.F. AND B.P.) // Quillaja Saponaria Mol. // No. 243 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT, MICH. U.S.A. // WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA 10 ["10" overwritten in pencil]"; front: "PROPERTIES - Frequently used as a // substitute for soap. When administered // internally, it is an excellent and uniform // expectorant. Dose, of a half-ounce to the // pint infusion, one tablespoonful (15 cc) // for adults, and one teaspoonful (4 cc) // for a child. Should be administered // hourly."; bottom: "SOAP TREE // This substance can frequently be advantage- // ously employed in place of soap for removing // dirt, grease, etc., from delicate fabrics. Steep // the contents of this package in two pints of hot // water. When cool, strain and use the liquid to // sponge the cloth. Some prefer to use three or // four times the volume of water, and wash the // fabrics in the strained liquid."; back: "SYNONYMS - Soap Bark, Murillo Bark, // Eng.; Ecorce de Panama, Fr.; Seinfen- // rinde, Panamarinde, Ger.; Quillai, // Span. // PART EMPLOYED - The inner bark. // FAMILY - Rosaceæ. // HABITAT - South America."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-5 Row D
Dimension Notes
Length 7.0 cm x Width 3.8 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Cardboard extremely yellowed; black accretion in two spots on top and back; water spot in right side; plastic has come unsealed on left side; some plant material has escaped box and is escaping plastic.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Person
Reference Comments
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
Loaned to Agnes Etherington Art Centre for Museopathy exhibit May 24–Sept. 13, 2001