General Information

Serial #

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

2

AKA

N/A

Patents

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General Description

cardboard

Dimensions

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

Length

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Width

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Height

19.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

12.5 cm

Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Domestic Technology

Category

Child care

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Mead Johnson

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

City

Belleville

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Type contents presumably used c 1934- 1973. This box probably c. 1950s.

Canada

Part of a large collection of medical artifacts, archival material & trade literature transferred to CSTM in 2002 from the former History of Medicine Museum, Toronto, ON. Pablum developed by Drs. Tisdall, Drake and Brown at Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto in 1934. [Ref. 3]

Function

To provide nutritious, easily digestible food for infants.

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"PABLUM/ CANAD. PAT. NO. 346,700 (1934) T.M. REG. CANAD. PAT. OFF./ A thoroughly cooked and dried palatable mixed cereal/ food with vitamin B complex and mineral supplements./ Pablum consists of wheatmeal (farina), oatmeal, wheat germ,/ yellow cornmeal, powdered beef bone specially prepared for/ human use, sodium chloride, powdered alfalfa leaf, powdered/ yeast and reduced iron. It is thoroughly cooked under pressure/ and dried, with resultant rupture of the starch granules and/ some dextrinization. Pablum is an excellent source of the vita-/ min B complex and supplies nutritionally important minerals/ (iron, copper, calcium and phosphorus). It is readily digested,/ low in crude fiber, palatable, and convenient and/ economical to prepare./ REQUIRES NO COOKING/ MEAD JOHNSON & COMPANY/ OF CANADA, LIMITED/ BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO". printed on front panel. "TO PREPARE PABLUM/ For Infants/ Mix Pablum with warm liquid (milk,/ milk formula or water] as prescribed by/ physician, and stir with a fork./ Thin mixture: 1 level tablespoonful of/ Pablum plus 2 tablespoonfuls of liquid/ makes a feeding of about 2 rounded/ tablespoonfuls./ Normal mixture: 1 level tablespoonful of/ Pablum plus 1 tablespoonful of liquid/ makes a feeding of about 1 rounded/ tablespoonful./ FEED AMOUNT DIRECTED BY PHYSICIAN/ For Persons of Other Ages./ Use as directed by the physician." printed on back panel. "MEAD'S" AND LOGO, "MADE IN CANADA", " 11112", and repeating text "SERVAMUS FIDEM" also printed on box label. French language translation of all text also present. Also printed on back panel is detailed breakdown of cereal constituents, and "FOOD VALUE/ Approximately 105 calories per ounce or/ 3.7 per gram/ 12 level tablespoonfuls = 1 ounce/ How the vitamin and mineral content of/ Pablum is obtained: Wheat germ and/ brewers' yeast contribute elements of the/ vitamin B complex. Yeast contributes/ iron and copper. The high iron content is/ derived largely from alfalfa leaf and re-/ duced iron. Powdered beef bone furnishes/ calcium, phosphorus and other minerals./ "Pablum" is the registered trademark of/ Mead Johnson & Company for its pre-/ cooked mixed cereal food with vitamin B/ complex and mineral supplements./ Formula devised in the Research Laboratories/ of the Department of Paediatrics, University/ of Toronto. Regularly tested by Paediatric/ Research Foundation of Toronto." UHN catalogue number "998.1.1" printed by hand in pencil on underside of container.

Missing

Contents.

Finish

Natural colour cylindrical cardboard container has light and dark blue, red and off-white text and graphics.

Decoration

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