medicine jar

MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS
USA, RI, Providence; USA, MA, Boston
1887 - 1913
glass; metal; paper
Overall: 1 3/4 x 2 x 2 in.

White glass jar with metal screw-on lid; lid embossed with lions and shield "OTIS/ CLAPP/ &/ SON/ BOSTON & PROVIDENCE"; paper label printed "HAMAMELIS CERATE/ Preparation.-Hamamelis virginica, g[]en bark and young twigs. Therapeutic Indications.-Acute/ hemorrhoids and diseased conditions of the rectum; bleeding piles and all hemorrhagic conditions;/ vericose veins and ulcers./ BOSTON Otis Clapp & Son Inc. PROVIDENCE; contents intact.

1997.47.8