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ESS ASSA FOXTIDAE
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This blown and molded square–shaped glass bottle has a narrow neck and rounded shoulders. The white baked enamel label is framed by a Baroque–style blue and yellow cartouche. The label reads <i>ESS ASSA FOETIDAE</i> in black text, with the first initial of each word in red. Assafoetidae (asafetida) is the gum resin from a variety of plants belonging to the <i>ferula</i> genus. The Essence of Assafoetidae would have been used as an antispasmodic, an expectorant, or a diuretic.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineESS ASSA FOXTIDAE. 17th-18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
