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ESS CROCI
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This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>ESS CROCIZ</i>, and would have contained the essence of crocus, obtained by crocus sativus flowers steeping in an alcohol solution. The essence of crocus was used as an aromatic, cordial, narcotic, anti hysteric, and emmenagogue.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineESS CROCI. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
