Physician's sample package of Baby's Own brand infant pharmaceuticals; (a) a pale green and white envelope with illustrations of four stocks birds in flight carrying various items in a sling of white cloth baby diapers; the first one is carrying cough syrup, the second is carrying a box of espirets…
Physician's sample package of Baby's Own brand infant pharmaceuticals; (a) a pale green and white envelope with illustrations of four stocks birds in flight carrying various items in a sling of white cloth baby diapers; the first one is carrying cough syrup, the second is carrying a box of espirets, the third is carrying a case of tablets and the fourth is carrying an infant; inside the envelope are 3 other objects; (b) one sheet of paper folded into quarters describing the research conducted to prove that the company's products are successful in relieving children of ailments, such as constipation and teething; (c) small Baby's Own tablet box for minor ills in pale blue and white ink; (d) and a small white package of espirets with navy writing.
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a – envelope - Length 8.6 cm x Width 21.2 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
b – pamphlet - Length 19.4 cm x Width 30.3 cm (fully opened) x Depth 0.01 cm (fully opened)
c – tablets box - Length 2.7 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 0.7 cm
d - espirets - Length 3.9 cm x Width 5.5 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
Studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of the tablets commenced in 1954 and ended in 1955
Material
paper: white, blue
ink: black, blue, white
Inscriptions
(a) on the front: "To Your New Family From The Baby's Own Family // Baby's Own Tablets, Espirets, and Cough Syrup..."; (b) on the inside: "to // safeguard // your baby // remarkable results in cases of // constipation and gastro-intestinal // distress accompanying teething // proof that Baby's Own Tablets // are safe for babies as young as 2 // months even when taken continuously over an extended period"; on the back: "Dear Mother: // Please let us extend our welcome to the new arrival. // Most sincerely yours, // Mirriam Kerr // Director of Baby Clinic // G. T. FULLFORD CO., LTD."; (c) on the front: "Free Sample // BABY'S OWN // TABLETS // FOR ALL MINOR BABY ILLS"; (d) on the front: "PROFESSIONAL SAMPLE // BABY'S OWN // ESPIRETS // 1/14 GRAINS A*S*A TABLETS // ORANGE FLAVOURED AND SWEETENED // G. T. FULFORD CO. LTD * TORONTO CANADA"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 2005
Condition Remarks
The edges around the envelope are a little worn and the sides of the tablets case are beginning to bend outwards
Copy Type
original
Research Facts
Dr. William D. Hay, graduated from Queen’s University: Arts 1914, MA 1918; Faculty of Meds Class of 1921; worked at Queen’s University / Kingston General Hospital as a Pathologist; co-founder of the Kingston Blood Bank, 1942; retired 1957.
Soft cover booklet with cream paper cover with drawings of progression from infant to child; contents start with expectant mother and end with immunizations and innoculations; 120 pages.
Soft cover booklet with cream paper cover with drawings of progression from infant to child; contents start with expectant mother and end with immunizations and innoculations; 120 pages.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Purchased at a thrift shop in Smiths Falls, Ontario.
Hardcover nursing reference book with red fabric provides information for home births and after birth in six chapters: Anatomy and Physiology, Prenatal, Labor and Post-Partum, The Baby, Additional Maternity Information; 535 pages.
Hardcover nursing reference book with red fabric provides information for home births and after birth in six chapters: Anatomy and Physiology, Prenatal, Labor and Post-Partum, The Baby, Additional Maternity Information; 535 pages.
On frontispiece: "LIPPINCOTT'S NURSING MANUALS // NURSES HANDBOOK // OF // OBSTETRICS // BY // LOUISE ZABRISHIE, R.N. // 270 ILLUSTRATIONS OF WHICH 6 ARE IN COLOUR // PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON // J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY"
Round paper cylinder container (a) with removable lid (b) with blue paper label covering all container; label provides details about the composition or ingredients, analysis, food value and instructions for preparing as a food source for infant and sick or elderly persons.
Round paper cylinder container (a) with removable lid (b) with blue paper label covering all container; label provides details about the composition or ingredients, analysis, food value and instructions for preparing as a food source for infant and sick or elderly persons.
Printed on front label: "1 LB. 2 OZ. NET (510 GM.) // REPLACE LID - KEEP IN COOL DRY PLACE // 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 thoroguhly cooked under pressure // and dried, with resultant rupture for the starch granules and some dextrinization. Pablum is an excellent source of the vita- // B complex and supplies nutritionally important minerals // (iron, copper, calcium adn 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 // LOT NO 12122 // SERVAMUS FIDEM"; on back panel: "TO PREPARE PABLUM // For Infants // For Persons of Other Ages // (full instruction in both English and French) // Formula devised in the Research Laboratories // of teh Department of Paediatrics, University // of Toronto. Regularly tested by Paediatic // Reseaarch Foundation of Toronto."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-1
Length
a - 19.7 cm
Depth
b - 1.7 cm
Diameter
a - 12.7 cm
b - 12.8 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Paper torn at edge of lid to container with ragged edges, all pieces intack; surface grime
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Wikipedia
Research Facts
Pablum was developed by Canadian pediatricians Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Alan Brown, in collaboration with nutrition laboratory technician Ruth Herbert (all of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto), along with Mead Johnson chemist Harry H. Engel. The cereal marked a breakthrough in nutritional science: it helped prevent rickets, a crippling childhood disease, by ensuring that children had sufficient vitamin D in their diet.
Although neither Pablum nor its biscuit predecessor was the first food designed and sold specifically for babies, it was the first baby food to come precooked and thoroughly dried. The ease of preparation made Pablum successful in an era when infant malnutrition was still a major problem in industrialized countries.
Pablum Mixed Cereal was made from a mixture of ground and precooked wheat (farina), oatmeal, yellow corn meal, bone meal, dried brewer's yeast, and powdered alfalfa leaf, fortified with reduced iron – providing an assortment of minerals and vitamins A, B1, B2, D, and E. Pablum is palatable and easily digested without causing side effects like diarrhea or constipation. It is also unlikely to cause allergic reactions, as it does not contain eggs, lactose or nuts of any kind (although it does contain wheat and corn, either of which can be allergenic for some individuals).
For a period of 25 years, the Hospital for Sick Children and the Toronto Pediatric Foundation received a royalty on every package of Pablum sold. In 2005, the Pablum brand was acquired by the H. J. Heinz Company.
Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name is a contracted form of the Latin word pabulum, which means "foodstuff". The name had long been used in botany and medicine to refer to nutrition or substances of which the nutritive elements are passively absorbed.
The word can also refer to something that is bland, mushy, unappetizing, or infantile.