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Civil War Medicine Bottle, Tin, & Jar Collection 

 

By Dr. Michael Echols

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Medicine bottles, ceramic jars, and tin containers used during the Civil War and marked for the U.S. Army Hospital Department or U.S. Army Medical Department.  The bottles are embossed with the USA Hospital Dept. or the USA Med'L Dept. abbreviations.  R.E. Squibb was a major supplier of medicines during the war.  The black japanned tins were closed with a cork and tied cover.  Screw tops are post-Civil War.

 

1.   U.S.A.  Medl. Dept., clear, 9 in., applied top			11.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., cobalt blue,  6 3/4 in., applied top
2.   E. R. Squibb, dark green, ground glass stopper,  6 3/4 in., applied top			12.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., clear, 4.0 in., wide mouth, applied top
3.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., olive,  9 1/4 in., applied top			13.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., clear, 4 1/8 in., applied top
4.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., blue, 7 1/2 in. wide mouth, applied top			14.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept.,blue,  6 1/4 in., wide mouth, applied top
5. U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., yellow, 9 1/4 in, applied top			15. U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., aqua, 6 1/4 in., narrow mouth, whittle, applied top
6.  U.S. A. Hosp. Dept., aqua, 8.0 in., narrow mouth, applied top			16.  E. R. Squibb, dark green, 6 3/4 in., wide mouth, applied top
7.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., citron, 9 1/4, applied top			17.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., aqua, 6 3/4 in., narrow mouth, whittle, applied top
8.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., blue, 7 3/4, wide mouth, applied top			18.  U.S.A. Med. Dept., U.S.A. Laboratory, ceramic jar, with lid, white, 4 3/4 in. high, 3 3/4 in diameter, original label
9. U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., aqua, 9.0 in., heavily whittled, applied top			19.  Tin, cork stopper, 3 1/2 in., japanned black, original label
10.  U.S.A. Hosp. Dept., aqua, 9 1/4 in., applied top			20. Tin, cork stopper, 4 1/4 in., japanned black, original label and contents
10-a  Esmarch ether-chloroform bottle. See complete set with leather case			21. Tin, cork stopper, 3 1/2 in., japanned black, original label
			22. U.S.A. Hosp. Dept. oval cobalt blue, 5 3/4 in., applied top

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