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ELIX APERITIV CLAUD
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This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>ELIX APERTIV CLAUD</i>, and would have contained Clauder’s Apertivium Elixir. Gabriel Clauder (1633–1691) was a German physician who formulated his own elixirs. This elixir consisted of potassium carbonate, ammonium chloride, elder flower water, aloe, myrrh, and saffron. The elixir was used as a laxative or as an emmenagogue to induce menstrual flow.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineELIX APERITIV CLAUD. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
