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Agarico. Trociscato
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The lower shoulder of this jar bears the inscription <i>AGARICO. TROCISCATO.</i> It would have held Agaricus Trochis, or agaric lozenges. Agaric is a type of fungus or mushroom, usually found at the base of trees. The lozenge would be made by combining the fungus with ginger and a gum substnace, and were used to treat excessive sweats associated with scrofula, also known at different points in history as consumption and tuberculosis. According to the<i>Dictionary of Protopharmacology</i>, Agaricus is a fungus, Boletus igniarius which is used to stop bleeding.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineAgarico. Trociscato. ca 1700. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
