Top: "WHITE OAK // (QUERCUS, N.F.) // Quercus alba Lin. // No. 290 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT, MICHIGAN, U.S.A."; front: "PROPERTIES - Astringent and some- // what tonic. Employed in obstinate // chronic diarrhea and certain forms of // passive hemorrhage; externally as an // astringent wash, gargle or injection. // DOSE - 1 to 2 fluid ounces (30 to 60 cc) of an // infusion, one ounce to the pint."; back: "SYNONYMS - Ecorce de chene, Fr.; Eichenrinde, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The inner bark. // FAMILY - Fagaceæ. // HABITAT - Eastern North America."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-5 Row F
Dimension Notes
Length 7.0 cm x Width 3.8 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
Condition Remarks
Cardboard is yellowed and water-marked on top and back; bottom dented; some plant material has escaped box and is trapped in the plastic.
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.