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Surgical Set collection from 1860 to 1865 - Civilian and Military

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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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