Top: "BUTTERNUT // BARK OF ROOT // Juglans cinerea Lin. // No. 66 // C93786 [stamped] // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, // ONTARIO, CANADA"; front: "SYNONYMS - White walnut, Oil-nut, // Eng.; Noyer-gris, Fr.; Graue wall- // nusrinde, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The bark of the root. // FAMILY - Juglandaceæ. // HABITAT - United States."; back: "PROPERTIES - Gently laxative, with- // out gr [illeg.] ing. Valuable in habitual con- // stipation and other forms of intestinal // derangement attended by hepatic tor- // por. // DOSE - A wineglassful (60 Cc.) of an // ounce to the pint infusion."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-4 Row C
Dimension Notes
Length 5.7 cm x Width 5.5 cm x Depth 3.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper and cardboard yellowed; water marks and white accretion on top; label torn on top back edge; some plant material has escaped box and is trapped in plastic; plastic still sealed.
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.