(a) Top: "CHESTNUT // LEAVES // Castanea dentata (Marsh) Borkh // No. 78 [printed] // C 110294 [stamped] // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, // ONTARIO, CAN. [printed]"; front: "SYNONYMS – CASTANEA, U.S.P. // American Chestnut Eng.; Feuilles // de Châtaignier, Fr.; Kastanienbiät- // tet, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED – The leaves. // [illeg.] MILY – Fagaceæ. // [illeg.] AT – United States."; back: "PROPERTIES– Astringent and anti- // spasmodic. Employed chiefly in whooping cough. // DOSE – Drink freely of a decoction of // an ounce to a pint of boiling water."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-4 Row C
Dimension Notes
Length 5.5 cm x Width 5.4 cm x Depth 1.8 cm
Condition Remarks
Paper yellowing, a large (4.0 cm x 1.5 cm) tear on right side; plastic coming unsealed; some plant material has escaped packet and is escaping the plastic