Top: "PEONY ROOT // Pæonia officinalis Lin. // No. 197 // C69393 [stamped] // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // DETROIT, MICH. // U.S.A. // WALKERVILLE [stamped over last 3 lines]"; front: "SYNONYMS - Rose de Notre-Dame, // Herbe Sainte Rose, Pivoine, Fr.; // Gichtrose, Benedictenrose, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The root. // NATURAL ORDER - Ranunculaceæ. // HABITAT - Europe."; back: "PROPERTIES - Nerve sedative and // antispasmodic; of service, it is claimed, // in chorea, epilepsy, and also in whoop- // ing cough; used also as an astringent // in diarrhea. // DOSE - A wineglassful (60 Cc.) of an // ounce to the pint infusion."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-4 Row H
Dimension Notes
Length 5.4 cm x Width 5.4 cm x Depth 1.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper and cardboard yellowed; some brown discolouration on top and back; plastic still intact.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 1 page 3; 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.