General Information

Serial #

4

Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

Clear glass bottle has off-white paper label bearing black text; pale amber-colour liquid bottle contents

Dimensions

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

Length

5.4 cm

Width

1.8 cm

Height

1.8 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

Connaught

Country

Unknown

State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

Vaccine packaged October 25, 1918: this ampoule never used.

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.

Function

Unknown

Technical

Unknown

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

"NOT TO BE SOLD/ DISTRIBUTED FREE/ INFLUENZA VACCINE/ (PROPHYLACTIC)/ 1st dose, 1/2 c.c. and dose 1 c.c./ 2nd dose after local reaction/ has subsided (usually 48 hours)/ Serial No. 4 Shake well/ Connaught Laboratories/ University of Toronto" printed in black ink on paper label wrapped around glass ampoule. UHN catalogue no. "988.15.8c" printed by hand in white ink on ampoule.

Missing

Appears complete.

Finish

Clear glass bottle has off-white paper label bearing black text; pale amber-colour liquid bottle contents.

Decoration

N/A