Eskimo Ointment
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14136
- Dates
- 1885
- 1915
- circa 1885-1915
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 014002002 a-b
- Description
- Round white opaque milk glass jar of “Eskimo” ointment (a) with silver metal screw on cap (b) full of solid brown product with crusted top; product used for eczema and skin problems; tanpaper label with thick black border affixed to half of jar diameter; information provided in English and French.
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- Accession Number
- 014002002 a-b
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Ointments
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- Round white opaque milk glass jar of “Eskimo” ointment (a) with silver metal screw on cap (b) full of solid brown product with crusted top; product used for eczema and skin problems; tanpaper label with thick black border affixed to half of jar diameter; information provided in English and French.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a – jar – Size: Length 4.0 cm x Diam. 5.5 cm
- b – lid – Size: Depth 1.0 cm x Diam. 5.5 cm
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
- Maker
- Eskimo Ointment Co.
- Site Made (City)
- Mansonville + Brome
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1885
- 1915
- circa 1885-1915
- Date Remarks
- Provided by donor
- Material
- glass: white
- paper: tan
- metal: silver
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "ESKIMO // Pour ECZEMA, DEMANGEAISON, // DARTRES, Etc. // DIRECTION: Appliqueztousles2soirs. // PRIX: 75 c.// For ECZEMA, ITCH, SCABS, Etc. // DIRECTION: Apply every other night. // PRICE: 75c. // ESKIMO OINTMENT CO. // MANSONVILLE BROME, P.Q. // No. 11539 - "Loi des Médicaments brevetés ou Proprietary." // No. 11539 - The Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act.''
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row D
- Condition Remarks
- Lid has dent and minor scratches, label shows minor wear along botom edge
- Copy Type
- Original
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Munyon's Whooping Cough Cure
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14222
- Dates
- 1890
- 1910
- circa 1890-1910
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 014002092 a-b
- Description
- Transparent cylindrical glass bottle (a) with metal screw cap (b) and cork closure full of circular white pellets; tan paper label has name, logo and directions for use.
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- Accession Number
- 014002092 a-b
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Whooping Cough -- drug therapy
- Cough -- drug therapy
- Antitussive Agents
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- Transparent cylindrical glass bottle (a) with metal screw cap (b) and cork closure full of circular white pellets; tan paper label has name, logo and directions for use.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
- Maker
- James M. Munyon
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1890
- 1910
- circa 1890-1910
- Date Remarks
- Provided by donor
- Material
- glass: clear
- paper: tan
- ink: green, red
- cork: tan
- metal: grey
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "WHOOPING COUGH CURE // MUNYON'S // HOMEOPATHIC // HOME REMEDIES // Directions - Dissolve twenty pellets // in ten tablespoons of water, and // give a teaspoonful every fifteen min- // utes or half hour until relieved, then // every hour."; embossed on cap: "MUNYON'S // HOMEOPATHIC // REMEDIES"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A4-6 Box 4 Row D
- Dimension Notes
- Length 6.2 cm x Diam. 1.6 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cap with minor dent; part of label has piece of transparent glue adhered to its surface
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- James M. Munyon http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Munyon; CD #6
- Research Facts
- Dr. James M. Munyon (1848 – 1918) was known for homeopathic patent medicines, some of which he promoted at his Hotel Hygeia on Munyon Island, named Hotel Hygeia after the Greek goddess of health and it catered to wealthy northerners who spent the winters in Palm Beach, Florida. The five-story hotel had twenty-one rooms and eight baths. The hotel burned to the ground in 1917. His first career was as a publisher, but he soon moved on to creating homeopathic medicines in the early 1890s. He employed a staff of chemists and physicians, one of them Dr. Hawley Harvey Crippen. Munyon was found guilty of fraud several times due to unsubstantiated claims for his medicines. Many of his medicines are said to have consisted mostly of sugar and alcohol. His most famous one was named "Dr. Munyon's Paw-Paw Elixir" and its main ingredient was fermented papaya juice. It was served at his resort, Hotel Hygeia, on Munyon Island. At the time his cures were highly regarded with the Philadelphia Times writing that "Professor Munyon is to medicine what Professor Edison is to electricity."
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The Family Physician A Manual of Domestic Medicine Vol. V [book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14889
- Dates
- 1890
- 1910
- circa 1890-1910
- Collection
- Collier Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health
- Accession Number
- 016014001
- Description
- Dark burgundy fabric hard covered book with lots of illustrations and photographs; gilding applied to edges of pages; decorative spine; 379 pages.
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- Accession Number
- 016014001
- Collection
- Collier Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Home Health
- MeSH Heading
- Home Health
- Description
- Dark burgundy fabric hard covered book with lots of illustrations and photographs; gilding applied to edges of pages; decorative spine; 379 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor.
- Maker
- Cassell and Company, Limited
- Site Made (City)
- New York
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1890
- 1910
- circa 1890-1910
- Date Remarks
- Publication date
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black, gold
- fabric: red
- Inscriptions
- On frontispiece: "THE // FAMILY PHYSICIAN // A Manual of Domestic Meidicne // NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION // VOL. V // CASSELL AND COMPANY, LIMITED // LONDON, PARIS, NEW YORK & MELBOURNE // ALL RIGHTS RESERVED"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- Length
- 23.5 cm
- Width
- 16.8cm
- Depth
- 2.4 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Covers show wear especially along edges; numerous punctured holes in front cover as is used under something being nailed
- Copy Type
- original
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shaving brush
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7719
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.115
- Description
- Shaving brush has a tapered plastic base inserted with real badger hair.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.115
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- Description
- Shaving brush has a tapered plastic base inserted with real badger hair.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Date Remarks
- Original record had "19c."
- Material
- plastic: ivory; black
- hair: brown
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on base: "Rubberset, Pure Badger Hair"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-E5-5
- Dimension Notes
- 8.8 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
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mercury iodide pills
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7843
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.228
- Description
- A cylindrical bottle with rounded shoulders and a wide neck ending in a large lip and closed with a cork; shield-shaped paper label.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.228
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Description
- A cylindrical bottle with rounded shoulders and a wide neck ending in a large lip and closed with a cork; shield-shaped paper label.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- John Wyeth & Brothers, Inc.
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Date Remarks
- Original record had "19c."
- Material
- glass: amber
- cork: brown
- paper: brown; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "GELATINE-COATED PILL // Mercury Iodide, Yellow // JOHN WYETH & BROTHERS, INC. // PHILADELPHIA // Made in Canada"; embossed on bottom: "Wyeth 107".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A5-5 Box 2 Row B
- Dimension Notes
- Length 8.6 cm x Diam. 4.3 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Parts of label are torn
- Copy Type
- Original
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Wei de Meyer's Catarrh Cure
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7847
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.231
- Description
- A rectangular metal tin full of contents; wrapped in plastic.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.231
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Common Cold -- drug therapy
- Influenza -- drug therapy
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- MM= Drug Packaging -- box and packet
- Description
- A rectangular metal tin full of contents; wrapped in plastic.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- The Centaur Company
- Site Made (City)
- New York
- Site Made (State)
- New York
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Date Remarks
- Original record had "19c."
- Material
- metal: yellow; black
- plastic: clear
- Inscriptions
- Engraved on tin: "Wei De MEYERS // CATARRH // For CATARRH POLYPUS INFLUENZA"; between the first two words is a circle with "WEI DE MEYERS" around the upper half and "CATARRH CURE" around the lower half; "PRICE $1.00"; a trade mark is engraved on the face of the tin.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row F
- Dimension Notes
- Length 8.2 cm x Width 5.2 x Depth 1.9 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Heavy rusting at the sides of the tin; plastic wrapping is also torn.
- Copy Type
- Original
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Wei de Meyer's Catarrh Cure
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7848
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.232
- Description
- A rectangular metal tin full of contents; wrapped in plastic.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.232
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Common Cold -- drug therapy
- Influenza -- drug therapy
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- MM= Drug Packaging -- box and packet
- Description
- A rectangular metal tin full of contents; wrapped in plastic.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- The Centaur Company
- Site Made (City)
- New York
- Site Made (State)
- New York
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Date Remarks
- Original record had "19c."
- Material
- metal: yellow; black
- plastic: clear
- Inscriptions
- Engraved on tin: "Wei De MEYERS // CATARRH // For CATARRH POLYPUS INFLUENZA"; between the first two words is a circle with "WEI DE MEYERS" around the upper half and "CATARRH CURE" around the lower half; "PRICE $1.00"; a trade mark is engraved on the face of the tin and printed on the label.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row F
- Dimension Notes
- Length 8.2 cm x Width 5.2 x Depth 1.9 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Heavy rusting at the sides of the tin; plastic wrapping is half missing.
- Copy Type
- Original
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Capsules of Cypridol
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7918
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- 1880-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.298
- Description
- A small cylindrical glass bottle with tiny rounded shoulders and a neck almost the size of the body; closed with a sealed cork; paper label; full of dark capsules.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.298
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Description
- A small cylindrical glass bottle with tiny rounded shoulders and a neck almost the size of the body; closed with a sealed cork; paper label; full of dark capsules.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Site Made (Country)
- France
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- 1880-1900
- Material
- glass: amber
- cork: brown
- paper: yellow; brown; green
- organic matter: dark brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "CAPSULES OF // CYPRIDOL // (A 1% SOLUTION OF HgI2 IN OIL) // Dose: Two capsules to be taken daily // with meals, but in no case must the // dose exceed five capsules in a single day // except under the physician's instructions. // Vial 8 Rue Vivienne Paris // Huile Specifique Au Biiodure Codex No. 82"; from attached circular: "A 1% solution of bin-iodide of Mercury in an aseptic oil // An improved specific in the treatment of syphilis // Sold only on physicians' prescriptions and is only known to the medical profession."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A5-6 Box 2 Row E
- Dimension Notes
- Length 9.0 cm x Diam. 3.0 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
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Capsules of Cypridol
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7919
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- 1880-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.299
- Description
- A small cylindrical glass bottle with tiny rounded shoulders and a neck almost the size of the body; closed with a sealed cork; paper label; full of dark capsules.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.299
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Description
- A small cylindrical glass bottle with tiny rounded shoulders and a neck almost the size of the body; closed with a sealed cork; paper label; full of dark capsules.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Dates
- 1880
- 1900
- 1880-1900
- Material
- glass: amber
- cork: brown
- paper: yellow; brown; green
- organic matter: dark brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "CAPSULES OF // CYPRIDOL // (A 1% SOLUTION OF HgI2 IN OIL) // "HUILE SPECIFIQUE AU BIIODURE CODEX No. 82 // Dose: Two capsules to be taken daily // with meals, but in no case must the // dose exceed five capsules in a single day // except under the physician's instructions. // Vial, 8 Rue Vivienne Paris"; from attached circular: "A 1% solution of HgI2 in oil // Treatment of venereal diseases // Cypridol may be taken by mouth in capsule form or hypodermically // Cypridol capsules do not affect stomach or digestive organs // Cypridol capsules are sold in original bottles of 50 capsules of 20 centigrammes each."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A5-6 Box 2 Row E
- Dimension Notes
- Length 9.0 cm x Diam. 3.0 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
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Chapoteau's Morrhuol Creosote
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7923
- Dates
- 1870
- 1900
- 1870-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.301
- Description
- A sealed glass bottle with octagonal cross-section, a neck almost the size of the body, a wide lip, and a paper label; corked; full of capsules.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.301
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Tuberculosis -- drug therapy
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- A sealed glass bottle with octagonal cross-section, a neck almost the size of the body, a wide lip, and a paper label; corked; full of capsules.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Rigaud and Chapoteaut
- Site Made (City)
- Paris
- Site Made (Country)
- France
- Dates
- 1870
- 1900
- 1870-1900
- Material
- glass: clear
- cork: brown
- paper: yellow; brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "CHAPOTEAUT'S // "Morrhuol Créosoté" // (Morrhuol with Creosote) // IN CAPSULES"; embossed: "Chapoteaut Paris"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A5-6 Box 2 Row B
- Dimension Notes
- Length 11.5 cm x Diam. 3.5 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Document
- Reference Comments
- Circular attached to 1980.18.302
- Research Facts
- Active principle of Cod Liver Oil is extracted and it can act by inducing Hyperalimentation; Clinical experiments in the Paris Hospitals show that Creosote combined with Morrhuol gives the happiest results where there is tuberculosis with corresponding defective nutrition; Pure Creosote with Morrhuol will considerably assist assimilation of the Creosote.
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