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SAL, SEDLIZ
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This widemouthed blown glass jar has a flared lip and an applied foot. A baked enamel cartouche decorates the clear glass with a white shield framed by blue stylized leaves a yellow ribbon and capped by a crown which is typical of German pharmaceutical containers of the 17th and 18th century's. Marked, "SAL, SEDLIZ". Seidlitz Salt was discovered in the early 17th century. It was used as a diuretic and cathartic.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSAL, SEDLIZ. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
