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
Images
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
Images
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
Images
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.
1 image
- 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
Images
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.
1 image
- 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
Images
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.
1 image
- 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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Chapoteau's Morrhuol Creosote
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7924
- Dates
- 1870
- 1900
- 1870-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Infectious Diseases
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.302
- 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.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.302
- 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"; attached circular has: "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."
- 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
Images
straight razor
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8023
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1970-1910
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.94
- Description
- A metal straight razor with a wide blade that is slightly concave; it folds into a fitted tortoiseshell (?) case by a hinged handle.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.94
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Hair Removal -- instrumentation
- Hygiene -- instrumentation
- MM= Household Articles -- razor
- Description
- A metal straight razor with a wide blade that is slightly concave; it folds into a fitted tortoiseshell (?) case by a hinged handle.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Westenholm
- Site Made (City)
- Sheffield
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1970-1910
- Material
- metal: grey
- tortoiseshell (?): brown; black
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on blade: "Westenholm's Best IXL"; embossed on case: "OLD ENGLISH RAZOR"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-E5-5
- Dimension Notes
- Length 10.5 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Blade is chipped; spots of rust
- Copy Type
- Original
Images
straight razor
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8024
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1970-1910
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.95
- Description
- A metal straight razor with a steel blade that is serrated; it has a hinged ebony handle.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.95
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Hair Removal -- instrumentation
- Hygiene -- instrumentation
- MM= Household Articles -- razor
- Description
- A metal straight razor with a steel blade that is serrated; it has a hinged ebony handle.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- H. Boker & Co.
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1970-1910
- Material
- metal: grey
- plastic (?): black
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on blade: "King Cutter"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-E5-5
- Dimension Notes
- Length 12.0 cm x Width 1.8 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
Images
straight razor and case
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact10142
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Collection
- Queen's University Faculty of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 997001860
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- Accession Number
- 997001860
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Dermatology
- Provenance
- Collected by Dr. A. A. Travill for Queen's Faculty of Medicine
- Dates
- 1890
- 1920
- circa 1890-1920
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-E5-5
- Condition Remarks
- Metal is rusty; in dirty cardboard box
- Copy Type
- Original
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