Venetian Albarello drug jar c 1590 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance.

Date:
[1957?]
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Venetian Albarello drug jar c 1590 : a study in pharmaceutical elegance. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Description

One of a series of leaflets (historical pharmaceutical containers) issued by The Distillers Company (Biochemicals) advertising the penicillin drug Distaquine (V 60, 120, and 240). Showing a Venetian albarello drug jar circa 1590.

Publication/Creation

[1957?]

Physical description

1 folded sheet (4 unnumbered pages) : colour ; 21 x 26 folded to 21 x 52 cm

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