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ESS CENTAUR MIN
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This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>ESS CENTAUR MIN</i>. The bottle would have contained the Essence of Centaurium Minus. The tops of the flowering plant <i>Centaurium erythraea</i> was used for its medicinal properties as an aperient or laxative.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineESS CENTAUR MIN. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
