LAPIS TRIPOLIS

1790-1810

The word Lapis in Latin means stone. Lapis Tripolis was used for renal disorders including kidney and bladder stones. Pharmaceutical historian George Urdang attributes containers 1991.0664.0760 through 1991.0664.0825 to Hanau in the late 18th century based on the floral design surrounding the medallion and the initials <i>HN</i> on the bottom of many of the jars in the series. However, in a letter to curators dated August 1983, pharmaceutical historian Wolfgang-Hagen Hein wrote that the containers without initials and those marked <i>FH</i> were made in Florsheim in the German state of Hesse twenty-three miles southwest of Hanau.