Bottle, medicine
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- OBJECT TYPE
- N/A
- DATE
- 1850–1900
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1972.0218.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 10
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Wood/ cardboard/ glass
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 16.6 cm
- Width
- 7.9 cm
- Height
- 12.7 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Medical Technology
- Category
- Chemicals & medications
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Example of vials used to hold medicinal treatments. Paper found in artefact beside kit has a Canadian label though it may be much more recent (1950s) than the actual bottles unless they were made to look antique. - Function
-
To hold substances thought to have healing properties. presumably a railway first aid kit (as per original catalogue card). - Technical
-
Allowed for previously prepared stock compounds to be readily used as opposed to having to create them as needed. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- A wooden box, top half being a removable lid/ inside is equally divided into two rows of 4 compartments each being 1-7/16" x 1-3/16" x 3" deep/ partitions are made of thin, soft wood and thin padded cardboard/ each of 8 sections contain a glass bottle 1" x 1-1/4" x 4-1/4" high, with a glass handled cap/ a medical prescription slip is included (cn356) form/ box is stained dark brown/ cover is coming apart
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Bottle, medicine, between 1850–1900, Artifact no. 1972.0218, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1972.0218.001/
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