Paper packet wrapped and sealed in plastic and covered on top, front and back by a paper label.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis.
Maker
Parke, Davis
Dates
1900
1920
circa 1900-1920
Material
plastic: clear
paper: green; cream; black; red
Inscriptions
Top: "COLTSFOOT // LEAVES // Tussilago Farfara Lin. // No. 84 // C1 [illeg.] // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, // ONTARIO, CAN."; front: "SYNONYMS - Bullsfoot, Flower Ve- // lure, Eng.; Tussilage, Fr.; Brust- // lattich, Huflattig, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The leaves. // FAMILY - Compositæ. // HABITAT - Europe & North America."; back: "PROPERTIES - Emollient and de- // mulcent. Useful in acute catarrh and // bronchitis. Applied externally as a // poultice to scrofulous enlargements. // DOSE. A wineglassful (60 Cc.) of an // ounce to the pint infusion."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-4 Row D
Dimension Notes
Length 6.0 cm x Width 5.4 cm x Depth 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper and label are yellowed; dark stain covers most of top, front, back and left side and extends also to parts of right side and bottom; plastic is still sealed.
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.