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Basilicum
This jar is decorated with poppy flowers. The flower depicted here is more likely the Flanders or corn poppy (Papaver rhoeas) and not the true poppy…
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Opium, Opii, and Ext: Opii
All of these names were used on drug jars to denote that a particular jar contained opium. Some of the drug jars held opium extracts, while one held…
Ung: Tuthia (Tutty Ointment)
U or Ung is an abbreviation of unguentum (ointment). Tutty was crude zinc oxide; tutty eye ointment was made from zinc oxide and other ingredients.…
Spermaceti
Spermaceti was a cooling ointment used to treat excoriations of the skin. It was also often used to soften and heal chapped skin. Spermaceti was…
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Medical Milestones in Dallas, 1890 to 1975
A photographic history of milestones in the development of medical care in Dallas, Texas.