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SP MINDER
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This square, blown and molded glass bottle has an applied neck and flat collar. The bottle is decorated with a baked white enamel cartouche, framed by stylized blue leaves and yellow and red flowers. It is marked <i>SP MINDER</i> in black. The bottle would have contained Spirits Mindererus, a solution of ammonium acetate. It was used as a cathartic to stimulate the bowels and as a diaphoretic to increase perspiration.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSP MINDER. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
