Carton of silver nitrate solution used by midwife Amanda Carey Carter

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A cardboard carton with cardboard dividers containing approximately 35 wax ampules of 1% silver nitrate solution. The carton is coated in brown paper tape, and is stamped in several areas with the message "SOLUTION OF / SILVER NITRATE 1%". The ampules appear dark in spots, and several have fallen out of their places and stuck to one another. One of the interlocking dividers is out of place. There are dark stains in one corner of the carton, and there is evidence of mold along one of the walls. The walls of the carton are lightly crushed.

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