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AQ ANTISCORB TH
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This square-shaped blown and molded drug jar has a baked enamel cartouche marked <i>AQ ANTISCORB TH</i>. Antiscorbutic was used to treat scurvy; a condition resulting from a lack of vitamin C. The European Apothecary collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The generic blue and yellow decoration with its stylized crown above the cartouche is similar to glass drug jars in the collection of the Deutsche Apotheken Museum in Heidelberg, Germany.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAQ ANTISCORB TH. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
