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Apothecary Jar, CORAL ALBI
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Blown, aqua-colored glass container. Marked in alternating red and black paint <i>CORAL ALBI</i>. Coral was used for centuries for a variety of ills including but not limited to the reduction of fever, the prevention of bleeding in pregnant women, for gastric pain and to protect infants from convulsions.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineApothecary Jar, CORAL ALBI. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
