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Ext. Coclearia
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This albarello drug jar depicts two lions flanking a cartouche topped by a crown. The interior of the cartouche has a cross flanked on the left by the letter P and on the right by the letter A. The jar is very similar in style to the ones seen in objects 1991.0664.0669–.0673. The jar is labeled “Ext. Coclearia” and would have contained an extract of cochlearia from the <i>Cochlearia officinalis</i> plant. The extract was used as a mild stimulant, diuretic, and antiscorbutic to treat scurvy.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineExt. Coclearia. 18th century. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
