General Information

Serial #

N/A

Part Number

1

Total Parts

10

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

LEATHER CASE WITH CLOTH (?) LINING/ GLASS VIALS WITH CORK STOPPERS/PAPER LABELS & CHEMICAL CONTENTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

10.0 cm

Width

6.5 cm

Height

2.5 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

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

LATE PART OF 19C INTO 20C

Canada

TYPE SAMPLE OF DRUGS USED BY CANADIAN PHYSICIANS AT THE TURN OF THE CENTURY

Function

USED AS AN ADVERTISEMENT BY DRUG COMPANIES - PROVIDED SAMPLES OF VARIOUS DRUGS TO THE PHYSICIANS IN ORDER TO INTRODUCE THEM TO THEIR PRODUCTS

Technical

SHOWS PRODUCTS WHICH WOULD NEVER BE GIVEN TO HUMANS IN THE 1990'S WHICH WERE STANDARD ACCEPTABLE CHOICES IN THE EARLY 1900'S

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

.2 "Dover" printed in black ink on stopper. .3 "santo. nine" printed by hand in black ink on stopper. .4 "Rhei/ polo" printed by hand in black ink stopper. Paper label largely missing. .5 Handwritten markings on stopper are illegible. LABEL: 'Morphine, sulph1/6 gr/ [?]' handwritten in ink. .6 "Ipecac/ Polo" printed by hand in black ink on stopper. .7 "Podop" printed by hand in black ink on stopper. Handwritten markings on paper label present, but obliterated/illegible. .8 packet: "Por Chlor" [?] handwritten in pencil on packet front.

Missing

PAPER LABELS ON ALL VIALS DAMAGED; .2-.4 & .6 ALMOST ENTIRELY MISSING.

Finish

.1 CASE IS BLACK LEATHER; SIDE FLAPS & POUCH HAVE WINE-COLOUR COATED FABRIC (?)LINING/ .2-.7 CLEAR GLASS VIALS HAVE NATURAL BROWN CORK STOPPERS; .8-.10 BUFF-COLOUR PAPER PACKETS CONTAIN WHITE CRYSTALS

Decoration

N/A