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Glass jar containing powdered cinnabar Clear glass jars round with wide neck and raised letters on one side. "E & C Co." inside a circle. On the front is worn label with two hand written Chinese characters in black. There is a cork stopper in the neck. Inside is an orange - red powder. Cinnabar; cinnabaris. The drug consists of a mineral composed if red mercuric sulfide. It is used as 1. Sedative and tranquilizer for the treatment of palpitation, insomnia, infantile convulsion due to high fever, epilepsy. 2. As a detoxicant for the treatment of boils, and carbuncles.

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