Laxative
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- OBJECT TYPE
- AIRLINE/PASSENGER SERVICES
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 2003.0578.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Eno, J.C., Ltd.
- MODEL
- Fruit Salt
- LOCATION
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Clear glass bottle/ black synthetic cap/ paper label/ medication
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- 2.6 cm
- Height
- 6.8 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
- Eno
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- City
- Toronto
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Never used
- Canada
-
Trans Canada Airlines (TCA) was formed by the Canadian National Railways. They launched their first flight on September 1, 1937, between Vancouver and Seattle. Throughout the next 25 years, TCA became Canada's national airline, and on January 1, 1965, TCA changed their name to Air Canada. - Function
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Given to passenger of Trans Canada Air Lines as a complimentary toiletry case. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- Print reads: "KNOWN AND USED FO OVER SEVENTY YEARS/ SEL DE FRUIT/ FRUIT SALT/ A HOUSEHOLD WORD/ PLEASANT-TASTING,/ MILD ANTACID,/ GENTLE LAXATIVE/ EFFERVESCENT SALINE./ ENO/ PREPARED ONLY BY/ J.C. ENO (CANADA)/ TORONTO, CANADA/ LIMITED"/ Print on backside reads: "The words "Fruit Salt," "Eno" and "Sel de Fruit" are our registered Trade Marks./ SINGLE DOSE - DIRECTION FOR USE/ Empty contents of this container in three quarters of/ a glass of water Eno may be drunk while effervescing/ or left to subside according to taste./ Eno's "Fruit Salt" helps to relieve upset stomach or/ that "morning after" feeling and when travelling/ Eno gives great relief from travel sickness./ To open Insert/ thumb nail or any/ pointed instru-/ ment in groove/ and lift off top."/ Proprietary or Patent Medicines Act. No. 4994"/
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- metal tube painted white/ Prink and orange grape vines/ black text
- Decoration
- decorative painting with grape vine and stylistic text
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Eno, J.C., Ltd., Laxative, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 2003.0578, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2003.0578.001/
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