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Ref NoOBJ/OBJ/8/29/15
Acc No2025/35
TitleGlass jar of cinchona bark
Date[late 19th century]
Description Of ItemCinchona bark (also known as Peruvian bark or Jesuit's bark), in cylindrical glass jar with foot and label. Removable cap with button grip ground in glass. On label: CINCHONA BARK (Jesuit's Bark) from Chinchona calisaya, indigenous to the Andes in South America. Constituents - Quinine, cinchonine and quinidine alkaloids. Uses - Tonic and bitter and as source of the alkaloids. On cap: 136. Underneath base: 691. Herriot Watt object number is hw.Ph.0961.
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