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Björn Lindeke, Professor, Swedish Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Stockholm, and Chairman of the Society for the History of Pharmacy, considers that 'Pæon' has become 'Pocon' on this jar as this is the only possible drug name similar enough given in the official Swedish medical list from the period ('Catalogus et Valor Medicamentorum in Officinis Pharmaceuticis Regni Sveciæ Prostantium')."},{"content":"Three crowns over a line, under which are 'MB' in monogram and '= E', all above 'S'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Underneath jar, painted in blue"},{"content":"'Georgii'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"On back of pot, painted in blue"}],"objectHistory":"Made for the pharmacy of the Serafimer hospital (Serafimerlasarett) in Stockholm. 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