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SPIR MASTICHIN
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This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>SPIR MASTICHIN</i>, and would have contained Spirit of Mastichinae. This solution contained gum resin from the Pistacia lentiscu tree, wormwood, aloes, and canella bark. Spirit of Mastichinae would have been used as a cathartic.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSPIR MASTICHIN. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
