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EL ACID H
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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>EL ACID H</i>. The jar would have contained Electuarium Acidum, or Acid Electuary. Electuaries were pastes often made into lozenges. This lozenge, made with sorrel and cream of tartar, was used to treat jaundice, a yellow tinge of the skin caused by excess bilirubin in the blood.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineEL ACID H. 17th-18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
