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[CIVIL WAR -- MEDICINE]. Government issued "Cholera Mixture" tin. 
Sale 1046 - American Historical Ephemera and Photography Featuring the Civil War and American Militaria Collection of Bruce B. Hermann
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[CIVIL WAR -- MEDICINE]. Government issued "Cholera Mixture" tin. 

2 x 2 x 3 1/2 in. (not including spout) japanned tin container bearing partially inscribed paper label identifying contents: "Cholera Mixture / Comp[ound] Laudanum & Rhubarb. - equ[al pa]rts / Dose / 46 drops - as occasion requ[ires] / Charles M. Howe. / State Purveyor of Massachusetts, / Boston, Mass." Container with significant surface wear throughout; label with some darkening and discoloration throughout. Partial cork stopper present. 

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