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"Osgood's India Cholagogue" Medicine Bottle

(1840 - 1860)

Van Cortland Mansion Type Collection
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Archaeological Details

Aqua "French square" bottle with cup bottom mold and oil finish lip. Reads: "INDIA CHOLAGOGUE / NEW YORK / OSGOOD'S". Touted as a cure for “Fever and Ague, Dumb Ague, Chill Fever, Intermittent Fever and the Various forms of Bilious Diseases."

  • Object number

    580

  • Date made

    1840 - 1860

  • Dimensions

    Height 13 cm

    Width 6 cm

  • Category

    Medical

  • Class

    Glass

Excavation Site

Van Cortlandt House

Bronx, Van Cordlandt House, 525 S Riverside Ave

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Part of Project

    • Van Cortlandt House, Bronx, NY

      June 1990

      Home of the Van Cortlandt family, important in NY society and politics in the 18th and 19th centuries. Once the center of a busy farmstead, the mansion, built in 1748, sits alone in Van Cortlandt Park. Excavations in 1990-92, ...

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    • Van Cortlandt House Museum

Themes

    • Health and Beauty in the 19th century

      8 Objects

      Archaeology can reveal very personal information about the lives of the people in the past through the objects that they once used. These artifacts were all found near the Van Cortlandt Manor in Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx and ...

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    • Van Cortland Mansion Type Collection