baby food dish
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15251
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Classification
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 018006001
- Description
- Heavy porcelain bowl with light blue glaze; the bowl is divided into three compartments, two quarters and one half; between one of the quarters and the half, there is a hole in which a cork sits; the bowl is hollow inside, and on the outside the bowl becomes wider the closer it is to the bottom, so…
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- Accession Number
- 018006001
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Classification
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Care
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Pediatrics
- Home Health
- Food
- Feeding Methods
- Child
- Child Nutrition
- Description
- Heavy porcelain bowl with light blue glaze; the bowl is divided into three compartments, two quarters and one half; between one of the quarters and the half, there is a hole in which a cork sits; the bowl is hollow inside, and on the outside the bowl becomes wider the closer it is to the bottom, so there are two indents in the bowl around the edge; the bottom of the bowl contains three white rings, each one smaller as it reaches the centre of the bowl; inside the smallest ring, the middle of the bowl is indented to form a concave impression.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor's family. Used by all toddlers in the family.
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Date Remarks
- Based on donor's remarks
- Material
- porcelain: blue, white
- cork: brown
- ink: brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on cork: "7189".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D3-8
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Diameter
- 18.7 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- The small section nearest the cork has a crack in the side; some slight colour loss in small spots on the top and bottom of the bowl around the cork.
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Donor, website
- Reference Comments
- Donor's remarks
- TheRetroRescuers, Vintage Hankscraft Baby Food Warmer Dish ~Periwinkle Blue: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/594103122/vintage-hankscraft-baby-food-warmer-dish
- Research Facts
- This dish was used to feed toddlers. Warm water would be poured into the hollow portion and plugged with a matching lid, which in this case has been replaced by a cork. The water inside the dish would keep the food warm. The ridged base and the heavy weight of the bowl kept toddlers from throwing the bowl on the ground, etc.
- Similar items were made by a company called Hankscraft.
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The Baby [infant care book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15202
- Dates
- 1924
- 1930
- circa 1924-1930
- Category
- Archival Items
- Education Artifacts
- Pediatrics
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Education
- Paediatrics
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- Accession Number
- 019001001
- Description
- Rectangular book with a glued binding and paper covers; the front cover contains a colour illustration of two toddlers on a beach, one wearing a red swim suit and grabbing the other's hand, who is wearing a green swim suit; the background is mostly brown, and near the top. the title "The Baby" is p…
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- Accession Number
- 019001001
- Author
- Department of Health of Ontario
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Education
- Paediatrics
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Care -- handbooks
- Infant Care
- Infant Nutrition
- Child Care -- handbooks
- Child Nutrition
- Child
- Mother-Child Relations -- handbooks
- Pregnancy
- Pediatrics
- Home Health
- Description
- Rectangular book with a glued binding and paper covers; the front cover contains a colour illustration of two toddlers on a beach, one wearing a red swim suit and grabbing the other's hand, who is wearing a green swim suit; the background is mostly brown, and near the top. the title "The Baby" is printed in flourished script and outlined in pink; the spine is white and also contains the title and small illustrations of children's toys and animals; the back cover is backgrounded in black and contains a yellow, orange, pink, and red illustration of numerous children playing on a beach with a giant baby in the background in front of the sun, mouth open and holding up a rattle as birds fly in front of it; the book has sixty four pages and contains information about pre-natal care, preparation for confinement, registration of the baby's birth, care of the infant, infant feeding, care of the runabout child, common ailments of childhood, immunization, baby's record, and baby's development.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor.
- Maker
- Department of Health of Ontario
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1924
- 1930
- circa 1924-1930
- Date Remarks
- Honourable Forbes Godfrey was Minister of Health in Ontario from 1924 until 1930.
- Material
- paper: tan
- ink: black, green, pink, red, grey, purple, brown, tan, yellow, orange.
- Inscriptions
- Printed on front cover: "The Baby"; printed on back cover: "Issued by the Department of Health of Ontario. // Honorable Forbes Godfrey - Minister of Health".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- Length
- 22.5 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 0.8 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Minor fraying at spine and bending at corners
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Websites
- Reference Comments
- https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/forbes-elliott-godfrey
- https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/harold-james-kirby
- https://www.leonardshoup.com/product/64654/The-Baby--Department-of-Health-of-Ontario-----Dionne-Quintuplets-Cover-Art-No-Author--Department-of-Health-of-Ontario-Honourable-Harold-J-Kirby-Minister
- http://mimicohistory.blogspot.com/2011/05/dr-forbes-godfrey-first-ontario.html
- Research Facts
- A later edition of this book, from 1937-1942, in print while Harold J. Kirby was Ontario's Minister of Health, has an illustration of the famous Dionne quintuplets on the front cover.
- Forbes Godfrey was Ontario's first Minister of Health, and he was a doctor before entering the realm of politics. Dr. Godfrey wanted the government to do more to combat tuberculosis, as the disease was devastating Ontario's citizens. As a result of his efforts, a system of government supported tuberculosis hospitals was created. Dr. Godfrey was also a strong believer in vaccination. He was responsible for organizing the ministry of health from its beginnings, and he helped protect miners from silicosis; started industrial health programs; created public health clinics in remote areas, and began free immunization programs for Ontario school children.
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit 100TH Anniversary of Public Health Canada, Ottawa L-2019-7 27 Nov – 2 Dec 2019
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Baby's Own Tablets sample package
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15067
- Dates
- 1955
- 1960
- circa 1955-1960
- Collection
- Dr. William Hay Collection
- Category
- Pediatrics
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Items
- Home Health
- Paediatrics
- Pharmacy, General
- Accession Number
- 009043009 a-e
- Description
- Physician's sample package of Baby's Own brand infant pharmaceuticals consisting of rectangular pale green and cream paper envelope (a) containing rectangular cream paper product leaflet (b), small unsealed rectangular light blue cardboard box with 6 cylindrical white Baby’s Own Tablets (c), recta…
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- Accession Number
- 009043009 a-e
- Collection
- Dr. William Hay Collection
- Category
- Pediatrics
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Items
- Home Health
- Paediatrics
- Pharmacy, General
- MeSH Heading
- Archival
- Pediatrics
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pharmacy
- Drug Packaging -- container -- box and packet
- Drugs -- Non-Prescription
- Drugs, Non-Prescription -- pamphlet
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- box
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- box and package
- Description
- Physician's sample package of Baby's Own brand infant pharmaceuticals consisting of rectangular pale green and cream paper envelope (a) containing rectangular cream paper product leaflet (b), small unsealed rectangular light blue cardboard box with 6 cylindrical white Baby’s Own Tablets (c), rectangular cream paper Baby’s Own Tablets directions sheet (d) and small sealed rectangular cream and navy paper packet containing Baby’s Own Espirets (e); envelope open at back and has illustrations of storks transporting Baby’s Own products on front; product leaflet is single sheet of paper folded in half with product information, images, research results, and letter to new mothers printed on sides in black ink; Baby’s own tablets box has product information printed in English and French on exterior sides; directions sheet was folded to fit in box and has product information and directions printed in English on front and in French on back in black ink; Baby’s Own Espirets packet contains powdered A. S. A. and has product information printed on front and English and French dosages printed on back in navy ink.
- Number Of Parts
- 5
- Part Names
- a – envelope - Length 8.6 cm x Width 21.2 cm x Depth 0.2 cm
- b – leaflet - 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 – directions sheet - Length 18.5 cm Width 4.8 cm
- e – packet - Length 3.9 cm x Width 5.5 cm x Depth 0.1 cm
- Provenance
- Owned by donor’s father, Dr. William D. Hay
- Maker
- G. T. Fulford Co., Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Brockville and Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1955
- 1960
- circa 1955-1960
- Date Remarks
- Studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of the tablets commenced in 1954 and ended in 1955
- Material
- paper: white, cream
- ink: pale green, black, light blue, navy
- Inscriptions
- Printed on the front on envelope: "To Your New Family From The Baby's Own Family // Baby's Own Tablets, Espirets, and Cough Syrup..."; printed on the inside of leaflet: "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 of leaflet: "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."; printed on the front of box: "Free Sample // BABY'S OWN // TABLETS // FOR ALL MINOR BABY ILLS"; printed at top of directions sheet: "DIRECTIONS FOR USE // OF // BABY'S OWN // TABLETS // AN ABSOLUTELY // RELIABLE CORRECTIVE // FOR MINOR BABY ILLS"; printed on front of packet: "PROFESSIONAL SAMPLE // BABY'S OWN // ESPIRETS // 1/14 GRAINS A*S*A TABLETS // ORANGE FLAVOURED AND SWEETENED // G. T. FULFORD CO. LTD * TORONTO CANADA"; printed on back of packet: "ESPIRETS are obtainable at your // druggist. // EACH TABLET - 1 1/4 GRAINS // ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID // DOSE : // Under 2 years - as directed by your // physician // 2 - 4 YEARS - 2 TABLETS"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-6 Binder E-13 (a,b,d)
- Stroage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-4 Row E (c,e)
- Condition Remarks
- The edges around the envelope are a little worn and the sides of the tablets case are beginning to bend outwards; directions sheet distorted from being folded and kept in box; minor yellow to edges of directions sheet; Espirets packet leaking A. S. A. powder
- 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.
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The Canadian Mother and Child [booklet]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15380
- Dates
- 1940
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 019020004
- Description
- Softcovered booklet with tan paper cover; contents include information in four parts: Care of the Expectant Mother; The Baby's Arrival; The Care of the Baby; The Ideal Baby; includes how to fold a fabric diaper, knitting instructions for creating infant clothes, suitable recipes, baby record and in…
- Accession Number
- 019020004
- Author
- Ernest Couture, M.D.
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Pediatrics
- Infant Care
- Description
- Softcovered booklet with tan paper cover; contents include information in four parts: Care of the Expectant Mother; The Baby's Arrival; The Care of the Baby; The Ideal Baby; includes how to fold a fabric diaper, knitting instructions for creating infant clothes, suitable recipes, baby record and index; handwritten inside is original owners name, Bradley; 231 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Transferred as deaccessioned.
- Maker
- Minister of Pensions and National Health
- Site Made (City)
- Ottawa
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1940
- Date Remarks
- Publication date
- Material
- paper: cream, tan
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- On frontispiece: "E. M. Bradley // The // CANADIAN // MOTHER // AND CHILD // BY // ERNEST COUTURE, M.D., // Director of the // CHILD AND MATERNAL HYGIENCE DIVISION // CANADA // Published by authority of // The Hon. IAN A. MACKENZIE, Minister of Pensions and National Health // OTTAWA, CANADA // Copies may be procurred from // Provincial Dept. of Health, // Winnipeg, man."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-6 Binder
- Length
- 23.0 cm
- Width
- 15.4 cm
- Depth
- 1.2 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Cover scuffed with surface grime and bent corners, missing lower portion of spine
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Comments
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Scharlieb
- Research Facts
- Dame Mary Scharlieb, D.B.E., LL.D., M.D., M.S Consulting Physcian for Diseases of Women, Royal Free Hospital; (née Bird; 18 June 1845 – November 1930) was a pioneer British female physician and gynaecologist in the late 19th / early 20th centuries. She had worked in India and by her persistence she returned to the UK to become a qualified doctor. She returned to Madras and eventually lectured in London. Alma mater: Madras Medical College; Occupation: Gynaecologist
Children's Own Tablets
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8841
- Dates
- 1962
- 1977
- circa 1962-1977
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 1999.3.32 a-c
- Description
- Full clear plastic cylindrical container (a) of twenty round pink tablets has snap off white plastic cap (c) housed in original cardboard box with flap closures; cylinder has paper label wrapped fully around.
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- Accession Number
- 1999.3.32 a-c
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Home Health
- Laxative
- Description
- Full clear plastic cylindrical container (a) of twenty round pink tablets has snap off white plastic cap (c) housed in original cardboard box with flap closures; cylinder has paper label wrapped fully around.
- Number Of Parts
- 3
- Part Names
- a - vial - Length 8.0 cm x Diam 1.7 cm
- b - box - Length 8.7 cm x Width 2.3 cm x Depth 2.3 cm
- c - cap - Height 1.0 cm x Diam. 2.1 cm
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine.
- Maker
- Fulford Dodds Limited
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1962
- 1977
- circa 1962-1977
- Date Remarks
- Based on the year G. T. Fulford Co. joined with Dodds, and the year pharmaceutical companies became required in Canada to list the ingredients of a medicine on the package.
- Material
- paper: tan
- ink: black, pink, blue
- plastic: clear, white
- pills: pink
- Inscriptions
- Printed on box: 'Children's Own // Tablets a gentle laxative for children // 49 // A BABY'S OWN PRODUCT // 20 Tablets // DIRECTIONS: At bedtime as follows: Children // over 2 and up to 5 years, 1 tablet: 6 to 10 years, // 1 to 2 tablets; over 10 years, 2 to 3 tablets - // according to individual needs of the child. // G. T. FULFORD CO. DIVISION, // FULFORD DODD'S LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA"; on container: "No. 19586 the Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act // Lot No. C612"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-3 Row G
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Box has minor brown along one side and shows minor surface wear along edges
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Websites, book, periodical
- Reference Comments
- Ontario Heritage Trust, "About George T. Fulford": https://www.heritagetrust.on.ca/en/properties/fulford-place/history/the-people
- Russ Disotell, "Brockville: The River City", book, Dundurn, Oct. 15, 1997, 128 pages, pg. 89-98: https://books.google.ca/books?id=-FGoVUPS4tkC&dq=brockville+g.t.+fulford+co+limited&source=gbs_navlinks_s
- Canadian Nurses' Association, "The Canadian Nurse", Vol. 59, No 6, June 1963, pg. 528: https://archive.org/details/canadiannurse061963cana/page/n25
- Research Facts
- Fulford Dodds Limited also produced the popular patent medicine, Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People, as well as Dodd's Kidney Pills.
- George T. Fulford I was born in Brockville, Ontario in 1852, and made his fortune in the patent medicine business, namely with the product "Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People", the recipe of which he learned from Dr. William Jackson, its inventor. The company quickly expanded all over the world. The Fulford Family mansion in Brockville belongs to the Ontario Heritage Trust, and is protected for the people of Ontario.
- This product was part of a line of "Baby's Own" and "Children's Own" products from the G. T. Fulford Co.that had a duck as the logo.
- Exhibit History
- On exhibit 100TH Anniversary of Public Health Canada, Ottawa L-2019-7 27 Nov – 2 Dec 2019
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The Early Years A Booklet of Baby and Child Care 6th ed. [medical reference book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14681
- Dates
- 1961
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Education
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- Accession Number
- 013024001
- Description
- 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.
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- Accession Number
- 013024001
- Author
- Ontario Department of Health
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Education
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- MeSH Heading
- Archival
- Pediatrics
- Description
- 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.
- Maker
- Ontario Department of Health
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1961
- Date Remarks
- Publication date
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black, blue
- Inscriptions
- On cover: "The // Early Years // A BOOKLET OF BABY // AND CHILD CARE // PREPARED BY THE // Ontario Department of Health"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- Length
- 21.5 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Depth
- 0.7 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Cover shows wear with fornt upper right corner abraded, back cover used for calcuations in pencil
- Copy Type
- original
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Elastikon Porous Adhesive Tape
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15214
- Dates
- 1970
- 1990
- circa 1970-1990
- Collection
- Mutter Museum
- Category
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Treatment, General
- Accession Number
- 012004001
- Description
- Cylindrical cardboard container (a) with metal cap (b) contains two full four inche wide rolls of tan fabric adhesive bandage of five yards each (c-d), circular yellowed piece of waxy paper (f) adn circular piece of cardbaord (e); container could hold three bandage rolls.
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- Accession Number
- 012004001
- Collection
- Mutter Museum
- Category
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Treatment, General
- MeSH Heading
- Bandages
- Description
- Cylindrical cardboard container (a) with metal cap (b) contains two full four inche wide rolls of tan fabric adhesive bandage of five yards each (c-d), circular yellowed piece of waxy paper (f) adn circular piece of cardbaord (e); container could hold three bandage rolls.
- Number Of Parts
- 6
- Part Names
- a - container - Length 32.0 cm x Diam. 7.7 cm
- b - cap - Length 1.3 cm. Length x Diam. 7.9 cm
- c-d - tape - Length 10.2 cm x Diam. 6.1 cm
- e - cardboard support - Diam. 7.1 cm
- f - wax spacer - Diam. 7.1 cm
- Provenance
- Deaccessioned from the Mutter Museum collection.
- Maker
- Johnson & Johnson
- Site Made (City)
- New Brunswick
- Site Made (State)
- New Jersey
- Site Made (Country)
- Great Britain
- Dates
- 1970
- 1990
- circa 1970-1990
- Date Remarks
- Provided by donor
- Material
- paper: white, yellow
- fabric: tan
- metal: gold
- ink: red, black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on cylinder: "ELASTIKON // FLESH TONE ELASTIC // POROUS ADHESIVE TAPE // 12 INCHES 5 YARDS STRETCHED // 4" // U.T.51 // Johnson & Johnson // POROUS ADHESIVE COATING // PERMITS SKIN TO "BREATHE " // THIS PRODUCT HAS NO CONNECTION WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL RED CROSS // NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J. // MADE IN GREAT BRITAIN BY JOHNSON & JOHNSON"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D4-4
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Bandages are in excellent like new condition; container shows wear; discoloured white base paper, minor surface grime hardener in areas; round adhesive sticker for bandage size has discoloured
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Comments
- Wikipedia
- Research Facts
- Johnson & Johnson is an American multinational medical devices, pharmaceutical and consumer packaged goods manufacturing company founded in 1886. Its common stock is a component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the company is ranked No. 37 on the 2018 Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue. J&J is one of the world's most valuable companies.
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Hints to Mothers On the Treatment of their Children 5th Ed. [booklet]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15377
- Dates
- 1905
- 1920
- circa 1905-1920
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 019020001 a-b
- Description
- Small pocket sized softcovered booklet with red paper cover; large sized print with numerous photos of young healthy children; contents include information about childhood illnesses; body of text separated from cover; 59 pages.
- Accession Number
- 019020001 a-b
- Author
- Steedman's Soothing Powders
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Pediatrics
- Infant Care
- Description
- Small pocket sized softcovered booklet with red paper cover; large sized print with numerous photos of young healthy children; contents include information about childhood illnesses; body of text separated from cover; 59 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - cover
- b - body of text
- Provenance
- Transferred as deaccessioned.
- Maker
- Steedman's Soothing Powders
- Site Made (City)
- London
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1905
- 1920
- circa 1905-1920
- Date Remarks
- Reference information states the first edition was in published in 1904
- Material
- paper: cream red
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- On frontispiece: "HINTS // to // MOTHERS // on the // TREATMENT // of their // CHILDREN // FIFTH EDITION // Printed in Canada"; inside page: "IMPORTANT NOTICE // Steedman's Soothing Powders // have been in use over // 100 years"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-6 Assorted Binder B Manuals pg. 13 a
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 8.9 cm
- Depth
- 0.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Body of booklet separatedCover scuffed, page corners bent; some pages and photographs scribbled over with pencil; couple of minor brown stains
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Comments
- https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/WckzzigAACe3DJPD
- https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/blog/mother-will-make-it-better-targeting-women-healthcare-advertising
- Research Facts
- Teething was seen as one of the “most perilous transitions” in the 19th century, linked to insomnia and drooling, deafness and epilepsy. Steedman’s Soothing Powders, first made in the early 1800s, fought an intense battle with its rival Stedman’s Teething Powders. Stedman’s adoption of an imitative brand name led to Steedman’s creating its double EE logo to emphasise its originality and distinctiveness. Ironically, neither manufacturer could exploit an ethical advantage in their promotions, as both products contained calomel (mercurous chloride), about which, Bull says, “pages might be written upon the evil effects which have resulted from its indiscriminate use in the nursery”.
- Some companies also produced promotional material in the form of reference books aimed at mothers, advising them on the best ways to prevent and treat common childhood ailments. Often this would involve using the company’s own medicines. Adverts and testimonials for these could be found throughout the publications. Here, too, guilt was used to persuade mothers to buy brand name medicines, or to rely on their manufacturers for instruction.
- In 1904, John Steedman and Company produced the first edition of their own guide book 'Hints to mothers' on the treatment of their children, claiming inside that:
- The greatest of all gifts that the Almighty can bestow upon you is your baby. It is your duty to sacrifice yourself, to give your whole thought to the well being of the charge that is trusted to you.
- A range of illnesses are covered in the guides. Many of them are recommended to be treated with Steedman’s Powders, the company’s own product, and the guides also include directions for taking the powders and a caution not to purchase imitation medicines. For more serious conditions, the guides recommend that ‘a medical man should at once be called in’.
- Steedman’s ‘Hints to Mothers’ was a popular series, often known simply as ‘the little red book’. It stretched to twenty editions, the last published in 1961, and was also translated into French.
Hints to Mothers On the Treatment of their Children [booklet]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15378
- Dates
- 1914
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 019020002 a-b
- Description
- Small pocket sized softcovered booklet with red paper cover; large sized print with photo of young healthy child; contents include information about childhood illnesses; body of text separated from cover; 55 pages.
- Accession Number
- 019020002 a-b
- Author
- Steedman's Soothing Powders
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Pediatrics
- Infant Care
- Description
- Small pocket sized softcovered booklet with red paper cover; large sized print with photo of young healthy child; contents include information about childhood illnesses; body of text separated from cover; 55 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - cover
- b - body of text
- Provenance
- Transferred as deaccessioned.
- Maker
- Steedman's Soothing Powders
- Site Made (City)
- London
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1914
- Date Remarks
- Publication date
- Material
- paper: cream red
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- On frontispiece: "HINTS // to // MOTHERS // on the // TREATMENT // of their // CHILDREN // 1914"; inside page: "IMPORTANT NOTICE: further in booklet: "STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING POWDERS // are prepared by // JOHN STEEDMAN & CO. // 272, Walworth Road, London, England, // and sold in in Packets at 1s. 1 1/2d. and // 2s. 9d. each, by all Chemists // and Medicine Vendors in the Kingdom // IMPORTANT NOTICE // Steedman's Soothing Powders contain // no poison or opiate of any description. // CAUTION // Owing to the success of STEEDMAN'S SOOTHING // POWDERS in the treatment of the minor // complaints of children, there have been many // imitations of this valuable medicine. It is // therefore necessary, when purchasing, to // observe that the name Steedman is always spelt // with EE, and pronounced as it is spelt. // N.B. - it is particularly to be observed // that no other Medicine be given while // using thse powders."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-6 Assorted Binder B Manuals pg. 13 a
- Length
- 11.0 cm
- Width
- 8.9 cm
- Depth
- 0.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Body of booklet separated; cover scuffed; couple of minor brown stains
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Comments
- https://wellcomecollection.org/articles/WckzzigAACe3DJPD
- https://history.rcplondon.ac.uk/blog/mother-will-make-it-better-targeting-women-healthcare-advertising
- Research Facts
- Teething was seen as one of the “most perilous transitions” in the 19th century, linked to insomnia and drooling, deafness and epilepsy. Steedman’s Soothing Powders, first made in the early 1800s, fought an intense battle with its rival Stedman’s Teething Powders. Stedman’s adoption of an imitative brand name led to Steedman’s creating its double EE logo to emphasise its originality and distinctiveness. Ironically, neither manufacturer could exploit an ethical advantage in their promotions, as both products contained calomel (mercurous chloride), about which, Bull says, “pages might be written upon the evil effects which have resulted from its indiscriminate use in the nursery”.
- Some companies also produced promotional material in the form of reference books aimed at mothers, advising them on the best ways to prevent and treat common childhood ailments. Often this would involve using the company’s own medicines. Adverts and testimonials for these could be found throughout the publications. Here, too, guilt was used to persuade mothers to buy brand name medicines, or to rely on their manufacturers for instruction.
- In 1904, John Steedman and Company produced the first edition of their own guide book 'Hints to mothers' on the treatment of their children, claiming inside that:
- The greatest of all gifts that the Almighty can bestow upon you is your baby. It is your duty to sacrifice yourself, to give your whole thought to the well being of the charge that is trusted to you.
- A range of illnesses are covered in the guides. Many of them are recommended to be treated with Steedman’s Powders, the company’s own product, and the guides also include directions for taking the powders and a caution not to purchase imitation medicines. For more serious conditions, the guides recommend that ‘a medical man should at once be called in’.
- Steedman’s ‘Hints to Mothers’ was a popular series, often known simply as ‘the little red book’. It stretched to twenty editions, the last published in 1961, and was also translated into French.
Metzenbaum pediatric scissors
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact901
- Dates
- 1967
- circa 1967
- Collection
- Dr. H. Botterell Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 996011001
- Description
- A pair of surgical scissors, a long nose hinged with a screw close to end of scissor blades, which bend downward
1 image
- Accession Number
- 996011001
- Collection
- Dr. H. Botterell Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Description
- A pair of surgical scissors, a long nose hinged with a screw close to end of scissor blades, which
- bend downward
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Dr. H. Botterell
- Site Made (Country)
- Germany
- Dates
- 1967
- circa 1967
- Date Remarks
- A similar instrument was found in Sklar Catalogue for 1967
- Material
- metal: silver
- Inscriptions
- The number '2' is stamped on the inside of both sides, near the screw; the outside of the left
- side has "GERMANY STAINLESS" stamped into it
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D7-9
- Dimension Notes
- Length: 18.0 cm. x Width: 5.0 cm.
- Condition Remarks
- The instrument is in very good condition, very little wear, there is no corrosion; there are small
- spots of staining around hinge with some wear, and a nick in right arm of scissor; additional signs
- of wear on inside surface of arms at base of finger holes and 2 cm above the '2' on each side
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Other
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Surgical Instruments - Suction and Pressure Apparatus", by J. Sklar Mfg. Co., Inc., p. 59 #175-10;
- "Illustrated Catalog" by Miltex Instrument Co., 1973, p. 33 MX5 226-230; CD #5
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Nurse's Handbook of Obstetrics [nursing reference book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14682
- Dates
- 1929
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Nursing
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- Accession Number
- 014016001
- Description
- 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.
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- Accession Number
- 014016001
- Author
- Louise Zabriskie, R.N.
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Nursing
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- Description
- 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.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor.
- Maker
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Site Made (City)
- Philadelphia
- Site Made (Country)
- U. S. A.
- Dates
- 1929
- Date Remarks
- Publication date
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black
- fabric: red
- Inscriptions
- 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"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- Length
- 20.8 cm
- Width
- 14.0 cm
- Depth
- 3.2 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Copy Type
- original
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- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- Accession Number
- 017026001 a-b
- Description
- 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.
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- Accession Number
- 017026001 a-b
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- Description
- 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.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - container
- b - lid
- Provenance
- Purchased at an antique store.
- Maker
- Mead Johnson & Company of Canada Limited
- Site Made (City)
- Belleville
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Material
- paper: tan
- ink: blue, red
- Inscriptions
- 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.
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physician's birth record form
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact10260
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Collection
- Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 997002047
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- Accession Number
- 997002047
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Medical Records
- Pediatrics -- forms
- Provenance
- Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-5 Box 23
- Length
- 7.2 cm
- Width
- 10.0 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cardboard stained
- Copy Type
- Original
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What Mothers must tell their children [booklet]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15379
- Dates
- 1917
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 019020003
- Description
- Small softcovered booklet with tan paper cover with two staple closure; contents include information about good health, both body and mind and when little girls change into young women; part of a series of health related books and pamhlets with the back page and cover listing all booklets and their…
- Accession Number
- 019020003
- Author
- Mary Scharlieb, M.D., M.S.
- Category
- Archival Items
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Pediatrics
- Infant Care
- Description
- Small softcovered booklet with tan paper cover with two staple closure; contents include information about good health, both body and mind and when little girls change into young women; part of a series of health related books and pamhlets with the back page and cover listing all booklets and their topics, author and price; indicating this booklet is 'N.C. 25'; 24 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Transferred as deaccessioned.
- Maker
- The National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases
- Site Made (City)
- London
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1917
- Date Remarks
- Publication date
- Material
- paper: cream, tan
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- On frontispiece: "What Mothers must tell // their Children // BY // MARY SCHARLIEB, M.D., M.S. // Price 1d. // Published by// The National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases // Avenue Chambers, Southampton Row, W. C. 1. // 1917
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-6 Assorted Binder B Manuals pg. 2 b
- Length
- 13.7 cm
- Width
- 10.8 cm
- Depth
- 0.2 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Cover scuffed with surface grime and bent corners
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Comments
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Scharlieb
- Research Facts
- Dame Mary Scharlieb, D.B.E., LL.D., M.D., M.S Consulting Physcian for Diseases of Women, Royal Free Hospital; (née Bird; 18 June 1845 – November 1930) was a pioneer British female physician and gynaecologist in the late 19th / early 20th centuries. She had worked in India and by her persistence she returned to the UK to become a qualified doctor. She returned to Madras and eventually lectured in London. Alma mater: Madras Medical College; Occupation: Gynaecologist