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Jamaica ginger bottle

Description

Glass bottle with glass stopper, containing concentrated essence of Jamaica ginger. Part of 19th century mahogany apothecary's box.
Concentrated essence of Jamaica ginger
This preparation contains in a highly concentrated state, all the valuable medicinal and aromatic properties of the root.
DOSE - One or two tea-spoonfuls in a wine-glassful of water, as occasion requires, or it may be taken in tea, or any other beverage.
Prepared by Thomas M. Deighton,
Pharmaceutical Chemist, by Examination,
From Peter Squire, Chemist to the Queen,
35, High Street, Bridgnorth

Date

c 1870s

Identifier

2003/17.9

Coverage

Bridgnorth, England

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glass

Jamaica ginger bottle

Physical Object Item Type Metadata

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Citation

Deighton; Thomas Milner (-1901); pharmaceutical chemist, “Jamaica ginger bottle,” Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://heritage.rcpsg.ac.uk/items/show/782.