Collection:
Juneau—Douglas City Museum
Object ID:
2005.17.016
Accession#:
2005.17
Credit Line:
Donated by Jim McCorcle.
Object Name:
Bottle, Medicine
Title:
POISON Pharmacist Stock Bottle, glass with cork stopper,Colchicum
Description:
"POISON, One—fourth pint (118 cc) Tincture No 31, Colchicum USP, (seed), (colchicum autumnate) contains alcohol 55 percent, Properties—acrid narcotic poison, diaphoretic, anodyne and sedative, antidote—tanic acid to prevent absorption, emetics, demulcent drink and opium to allay irritation, stimulants; average dose— 30 minims (2cc); Lilly, Eli Lilly and Company, Indianpolis USA"
brown glass bottle with cork stopper
brown glass bottle with cork stopper
Notes:
colchicum is used as a sedative, catharticm a diuretic and and emetic
see 2005.17.001
see 2005.17.001
People:
McCorcle, Jim
Search Terms:
Pharmacy
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