Box, medicine

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OBJECT TYPE: SUPPOSITORIES
DATE: 1905
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 1989.0428.001

MANUFACTURER: Wampole, Henry K. & Co.
MODEL: ALVININE
LOCATION: Perth, Ontario, Canada

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General Information

Serial #: N/A
Part Number: 1
Total Parts: 2
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: CARDSTOCK BOX/ CHEMICAL MEDICINE

Dimensions

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

Length: 7.3 cm
Width: 3.0 cm
Height: 2.4 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: Wampole
Country: Canada
State/Province: Ontario
City: Perth

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: PROBABLY THE FIRST PART OF THE 20TH C
Canada: MANUFACTURED IN PERTH ONTARIO, CANADA. WAMPOLE MOVED FROM TORONTO TO PERTH IN 1905 AND IS STILL THERE IN 1999. WAMPOLE IS A CANADIAN OWNED COMPANY.
Function: USED TO HOLD SUPPOSITORIES
Technical: EXAMPLE OF MEDICAL PACKAGING FROM THE EARLY PART OF THE 20TH C
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: PRINTING ON BOX INCLUDES:'ALVININE SUPPOSITORIES/ Suppositoria Alvininae, Wampole/ Each adult size suppository contains:.../ Made solely [?] HENRY K. WAMPOLE & CO. Limited/ Manufacturing Pharmacists, PERTH, ONT., CAN./ A safe and efficient treatment for constipation,/ itching and bleeding piles, and other hemorrhoidal/ or kindred affections of the bowels.'/ [ABOVE ALSO IN FRENCH]
Missing: N/A
Finish: WHITE BOX WITH NAVY PRINTING
Decoration: N/A

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Wampole, Henry K. & Co., Box, medicine, after 1905, Artifact no. 1989.0428, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1989.0428.001/

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