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TINCT KALINA
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This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>TINCT KALINA</i>. The bottle would have contained tincture of kalina, a solution of powdered potassium carbonate in alcohol. The tincture of kalina was prescribed as a blood thinner, diaphoretic, antacid, diuretic, or laxative.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineTINCT KALINA. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
