A cylindrical two-mould bottle with a narrow neck and a glass stopper; paper label with a brown border and black lettering printed on an oval white background.
A cylindrical two-mould bottle with a narrow neck and a glass stopper; paper label with a brown border and black lettering printed on an oval white background.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine
Dates
1850
1860
circa 1850-1860
Material
glass: clear
paper: white
ink: black, brown
Inscriptions
Printed on label in black ink: "Tr. ACONITI"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-1
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
Peter Squire, "Companion to the Latest Edition of the British Pharmacopœia," (J. & A. Churchill, 1899), https://books.google.ca/books?id=0Vw3AAAAMAAJ&dq=ol.+rosmar&source=gbs_navlinks_s
Research Facts
Comes from the root of Aconitum Napellus. Anodyne (painkilling), antiphlogistic (reduces inflammation and fever), antipyretic (prevents or reduces fever), diaphoretic (induces sweating), and diuretic (promotes urine). Relieves pain of acute and chronic rheumatism, facial neuralgia, and itching.