What is it?
Dec 31, 2020 17:03:19 #
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Dec 31, 2020 17:25:43 #
Longshadow wrote:
Soup tureen?
Nice guess, but I’m sorry! Not correct.
Now I’m hungry for some New England Clam Chowdah or some Lobstah Bisque
Dec 31, 2020 17:26:26 #
Dec 31, 2020 17:27:36 #
LITTLEBIT wrote:
My guess is an urn for ashes
Already suggested but no cigar here. I am eager for an Andalusian Bull!
Dec 31, 2020 17:28:26 #
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Dec 31, 2020 17:29:15 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
The threaded topper that tightens down holding a shade on a table or floor lamp.
Not this time!
Dec 31, 2020 17:45:40 #
I am glad most do not know what this is! It goes to show that many Hoggers a much much younger than this old coot.
It is an apothecary jar. Outside the jar, was placed a descriptive label and was often color coded to differentiate the ingredient. Inside was a powder or crystals to be macerated and incorporated into a prescription such as an ointment or solution. Tablets and capsules required a more complex incorporation to compound. Tablets were made for medications to be quickly swallowed. Capsules were made to contain ingredients that were exceedingly bitter. Suppositories required unique bases such as cocoa butter and a device where the ingredients were placed inside. This actually made the suppository In uniform sizes. That was called a Whitehall-Tatum machine.
Gone are the days of compounding but we pharmacists are still required to learn how to make these dosage forms. Often I am required to compound a solution for a cat (using tuna fish oil) or for a dog ( using beef or chicken broth).
I wish all a Happy and a Healthy New Year!
Let’s hope for a better 2021.
It is an apothecary jar. Outside the jar, was placed a descriptive label and was often color coded to differentiate the ingredient. Inside was a powder or crystals to be macerated and incorporated into a prescription such as an ointment or solution. Tablets and capsules required a more complex incorporation to compound. Tablets were made for medications to be quickly swallowed. Capsules were made to contain ingredients that were exceedingly bitter. Suppositories required unique bases such as cocoa butter and a device where the ingredients were placed inside. This actually made the suppository In uniform sizes. That was called a Whitehall-Tatum machine.
Gone are the days of compounding but we pharmacists are still required to learn how to make these dosage forms. Often I am required to compound a solution for a cat (using tuna fish oil) or for a dog ( using beef or chicken broth).
I wish all a Happy and a Healthy New Year!
Let’s hope for a better 2021.
Dec 31, 2020 17:50:56 #
Bigmike1
Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
Scruples wrote:
That’s okay. The fact that you don’t know just means that your 25 years old or younger!!
Ha! Ha! I'm 80 but I don't remember ever seeing one of these things.
Dec 31, 2020 19:17:56 #
Scruples wrote:
This is a photo of an object that was seen by many every day. Now is is more decorative and ornamental. Good Luck!
Have a healthy and happy New Year.
Be Well and Stay Safe.
Have a healthy and happy New Year.
Be Well and Stay Safe.
Apothecary jar.
Edit: never mind! I posted my response and then saw you'd already posted the correct response. BTW, I knew immediately what it is.
Dec 31, 2020 20:35:33 #
Scruples wrote:
Nice guess, but I’m sorry! Not correct.
Now I’m hungry for some New England Clam Chowdah or some Lobstah Bisque
Now I’m hungry for some New England Clam Chowdah or some Lobstah Bisque
Fish chowdah would work also!
I'm guessing things are still being compounded, just with different methods.
Jan 1, 2021 02:24:18 #
Jan 1, 2021 08:06:44 #
Scruples wrote:
I am glad most do not know what this is! It goes t... (show quote)
The days of compounding are not gone. I am not a pharmacist, but I did inventory pharmacies from 2000-2016 and part of every inventory was their compounding supplies. And it is still done by hand, though they used a smaller bowl with a pestle to do the mixing. Mostly for ointments and creams now - making the pills and capsules probably a thing of the past.
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