CC0 · no rights reserved
ELIX SALUT
From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
This blown and molded square–shaped bottle has a baked enamel white oval cartouche that is outlined with blue vines, red and yellow flowers, and a three-pointed crown. The cartouche is marked <i>ELIX SALUT</i>. The jar would have contained Elixir Salutis, or Elixir of Health. The elixir was composed of the plants senna, coriander, and jalap. The elixir was used as a carminative to relieve flatulence and as a cathartic to accelerate bowel movements.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineELIX SALUT. 17th-18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
