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ESS AMONIAC
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The label of this blown and molded bottle reads <i>ESS AMONIAC</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. It would have held the Essence of Ammoniac, or the Essence of Ammonium Chloride. Ammonium chloride was part of a solution of alcohol, and prescribed as a diaphoretic, diuretic, cathartic, and emetic.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineESS AMONIAC. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
