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SEM. SYNAPIS
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This drug jar is marked <i>SEM. SYNAPIS</i>. Sem. Synapis, Synapi or Sinapi are the white or black seeds from the mustard plant. The seeds were used as an appetite stimulant for digestion, and as a laxative. It could also be used as an irritant for blistering and when made into mustard plasters.
National Museum of American History’s own descriptionCredit lineSEM. SYNAPIS. 1790-1810. National Museum of American History, Gift of American Pharmaceutical Association and Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. CC0.
