Medicine Bottle

2018.107

Medicine Bottle
Medicine Bottle
Medicine Bottle
Title
Medicine Bottle
Materials

Dimensions

12.7 cm. H x 5.71 cm. W Item (Overall)

Description
Small blue glass medicine bottle.  Tag reads "Sunnyside Pharmacy, F. Murray, Pharmacist" of Minneapolis, MN.  Bottle was filled with Turpentine Spirits.  
Turpentine was frequently found as an ingredient listed in "snake oil" medical cure-alls that were very popular in the 18th and 19th centuries.  
Part of the Teaching Collection

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