LIQ CORN CERV SUCC
National Museum of American History

LIQ CORN CERV SUCC

18th century

glass (overall material)
National Museum of American History
CC0 — Public Domain
National Museum of American History

This blown and molded bottle is marked <i>LIQ CORN CERV SUCC</i>. The jar would have contained a liquor solution of amber with cornu cervi (calcium phosphate from stag horns). The solution was used as a general tonic, sedative, antispasmodic, nervine, and antacid.

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