Top: "CRANESBILL // ROOT // Geranium maculatum Lin. // No. 93 // C83579 [stamped] // Guaranteed under The Food and Drugs Act, // June 30th, 1906. Guaranty No. 6. // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT, MICH. // U.S.A."; front: "SYNONYMS - GERANIUM, Crowfoot, // Eng.; Racine de Bec-de-Grue tacheté, // Fr.; Fleckstorchschnabel-wurzel, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The rhizome. // NATURAL ORDER - Geraniaceæ. // HABITAT - United States."; back: "PROPERTIES - Powerfully astrin- // gent. Used in dysentery, diarrhea, and // as an astringent to mucous surfaces // where secretion is abnormal, as in leu- // corrhea, etc. // 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 6.1 cm x Width 5.3 cm x Depth 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper and cardboard yellowed; label appears to be cut off at front bottom 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 2; personal communication with Jack Willson, May 2000; CD #7.
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.