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SPIR CARMIN SYLV
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This square-shaped bottle is marked <i>SPIR CARMIN SYLV</i>. The European Apothecary Collection contains dozens of drug jars with this same embellishment. The bottle would have contained Spirit of Carminative. Carminatives are used to prevent or expel gastrointestinal gas.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSPIR CARMIN SYLV. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
