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Title |
Slippery Elm, c. 1970-1975 |
Object Name |
Elm, Slippery |
Description |
Slippery Elm, c. 1900. Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. One rectangular piece of slippery elm bark and a salmon-colored wrapping paper with pencil handwriting on surface. |
Date |
c. 1970-75 |
Creator |
Unknown |
Catalog Number |
2019.117.008A-B |
Dimensions |
H-6 W-1.5 D-0.25 inches |
Collection |
3D - Botany |
Kingdom |
Plantae (Plants) |
Family |
Ulmaceae (Elms & zelkovas) |
Genus |
Ulmus |
Species |
rubra |
Inscription Text |
"Slippery Elm" (handwritten with pencil on paper surface) |
Provenance |
Used at Ryan Pharmacy in Redwood City. |
Notes |
"Slippery elm is a tree. The inner bark (not the whole bark) is used as medicine. People take slippery elm for coughs, sore throat, colic, diarrhea, constipation, hemorrhoids, irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), bladder and urinary tract infections, syphilis, herpes, and for expelling tapeworms." [https://www.webmd.com/vitamins/ai/ingredientmono-978/slippery-elm 12/02/2019] |
Search Terms |
Drug Stores Medical Medicine Pharmaceutical Industry Ryan Pharmacy, Redwood City |
Subjects |
Drugstores Medical equipment & supplies Medicinal plants Pharmaceutical industry Pharmacists |
Credit line |
Courtesy of Kathleen Ryan |