infrared lamp
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact11658
- Dates
- 1945
- 1955
- circa 1945-1955
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Mental Health
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Treatment
- Accession Number
- 000018005
- Description
- A free-standing electrical infrared heat lamp with metal guard over 750 watts chromalox element and adjustable horizontal rod ending in original cloth-braided electrical cord with on/off switch and refitted with a modern electrical cord and plug; lamp is supported by cast iron stand on four casters.
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- Accession Number
- 000018005
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Treatment
- MeSH Heading
- Phototherapy
- Mental Health
- Mental Health -- treatment
- Mental Health -- treatment -- instruments
- Mental Health -- hospital
- Description
- A free-standing electrical infrared heat lamp with metal guard over 750 watts chromalox element and adjustable horizontal rod ending in original cloth-braided electrical cord with on/off switch and refitted with a modern electrical cord and plug; lamp is supported by cast iron stand on four casters.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Originally owned by Brockville Psychiatric Hospital.
- Maker
- The Birtcher Corporation
- Site Made (City)
- Los Angeles
- Site Made (State)
- California
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1945
- 1955
- circa 1945-1955
- Date Remarks
- Item in catalogue published in 1945-1955.
- Material
- metal: tan, silver
- plastic: black, yellow, cream
- rubber: black
- fabric: tan
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on a painted metal plate: "THE BIRTCHER // CORPORATION // LOS ANGELES, CALIF. // MODEL 675 // WATTS 750 // VOLTS 115"; Handwritten in marker on hood: "105451 // E.L.R."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room W1
- W1-2-2
- Dimension Notes
- Length 116.0 cm x Width 68.5 cm x Depth 42.0 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Chipped paint on base of stand and horizontal rod; scratches on hood near horizontal rod; minor dents on hood; cloth-braided cord is discoloured; little rust at base of shaft; element inside hood is partially rusty; rubber wheels move freely; plastic covered electrical cord in like new condition.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Book
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Surgical Equipment, Supplies Catalogue", Ingram & Bell Limited Instruments, 1945-1955, p. 45 (Model # 3-845); CD #5
- Research Facts
- Used for heat therapy
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First Aid to the Injured [first aid instructional book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact12545
- Dates
- 1928
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Accession Number
- 000018006
- Description
- Fabric covered hardbound first aid instructional book with information and illustrations about first aid practices that have been authorized by the St. John Ambulance Association; title and symbol stamped on front cover in silver ink; diagram of bones and arteries affixed inside front cover; 249 pa…
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- Accession Number
- 000018006
- Author
- Various
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- MeSH Heading
- First Aid -- manuals
- Description
- Fabric covered hardbound first aid instructional book with information and illustrations about first aid practices that have been authorized by the St. John Ambulance Association; title and symbol stamped on front cover in silver ink; diagram of bones and arteries affixed inside front cover; 249 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital
- Maker
- St. John Ambulance Association
- Site Made (City)
- London
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1928
- Date Remarks
- Printed in book
- Material
- paper: cream
- fabric: blue
- ink: black, silver
- Inscriptions
- Stamped on inside front cover: "THE ONTARIO HOSPITAL // SUPERINTENDENT'S // OCT 24 1934 // OFFICE // BROCKVILLE"; printed on first page: "FIRST AID TO THE INJURED // ST. JOHN AMBULANCE ASSOCIATION"; "REFERENCE NO. 58 // 1928."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- Dimension Notes
- Length 13.4 cm x Width 10.9 cm x Depth 1.2 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cover shows wear from use; title and symbol on front cover almost completely faded; first few pages separating from spine
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #2
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First Aid to the Injured [first aid instructional book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact12546
- Dates
- 1897
- 1933
- circa 1897-1933
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Accession Number
- 000018007 a-b
- Description
- Fabric-covered hardbound first aid instructional book (a) with information and illustrations about first aid practices that have been authorized by the St. John Ambulance Association; title and symbol stamped on front cover in silver ink; endpaper is brown; 103 pages; also contains a smaller compan…
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- Accession Number
- 000018007 a-b
- Author
- Peter Shepherd
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- MeSH Heading
- First Aid -- manuals
- Description
- Fabric-covered hardbound first aid instructional book (a) with information and illustrations about first aid practices that have been authorized by the St. John Ambulance Association; title and symbol stamped on front cover in silver ink; endpaper is brown; 103 pages; also contains a smaller companion booklet (b) with similiar first aid information; reprint of original 1897 issue with new preface dated 1933; 28 pages.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - book - Size: Length 13.2 cm x Width 11.3 cm x Depth 1.1 cm
- b - booklet - Size: Length 12.2 cm x Width 7.6 cm
- Provenance
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital.
- Maker
- St. John Ambulance Association
- Site Made (City)
- London
- Site Made (Country)
- England
- Dates
- 1897
- 1933
- circa 1897-1933
- Date Remarks
- Printed in book
- Material
- paper: cream, brown
- fabric: black
- ink: black, silver
- metal: silver
- Inscriptions
- Stamped on first page: "DR. RYERSON // GENERAL SECRETARY FOR CANADA, // TORONTO"; printed on first page: ""FIRST AID TO THE INJURED: // PETER SHEPHERD, M.B., // 550TH THOUSAND. // 1897."; printed in booklet (b): "FIRST AID TO THE SICK // AND INJURED // PREFACE // Ottawa, 1933."
- Permanent Location
- (a) Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- (b) Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-5 Box 17
- Condition Remarks
- Cover and spine of book (a) severely worn and separating from pages; book is curled upward; booklet (b) missing cover; staples rusted; pages faded
- Copy Type
- Original
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A Manual of Operating Room Technology [textbook]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact12547
- Dates
- 1966
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Accession Number
- 000018008 a-c
- Description
- Paperback book with information, pictures and diagrams concerning various hospital operating rooms and their technology, surgical patients, surgical procedures and postoperative care; photograph on front cover consist of patients lying face down on operating bed surrounded by a team of five doctors…
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- Accession Number
- 000018008 a-c
- Author
- Frances Ginsberg, Lillian Sholtis Brunner, Venita L. Cantlin, and Alfred Hurwitz
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- MeSH Heading
- Operating Rooms -- manuals
- Textbooks
- Description
- Paperback book with information, pictures and diagrams concerning various hospital operating rooms and their technology, surgical patients, surgical procedures and postoperative care; photograph on front cover consist of patients lying face down on operating bed surrounded by a team of five doctors and nurses; found inside book are the invoice (b) and packing slip (c) for the book.
- Number Of Parts
- 3
- Part Names
- a - book - Size: Length 22.2 cm x Width 15.2 cm x Depth 1.5 cm
- b - invoice - Size: Length 21.5 cm x Width 17.6 cm
- c - packing slip - Size: Length 21.5 cm x Width 10.4 cm
- Provenance
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital.
- Maker
- J. B. Lippincott Company
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1966
- Date Remarks
- Printed in book
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black, blue
- Inscriptions
- Printed on front cover (a): "GINSBERG BRUNNER CANTLIN // A MANUAL OF // OPERATING // ROOM // TECHNOLOGY"; printed on invoice (b): "MEDICAL & NURSING // PUBLICATIONS"; "60 FRONT ST. W. // TORONTO 1, ONT."; "B. M. KIRKER, R. N. // 86 BROOKVIEW CR. // BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO // CANADA"; "INVOICE 2957 MAY 9/66 PAID APRIL 15/66 MAIL"; printed on packing slip (c): "INVOICE 2957 MAY 9/66 PAID APRIL 15/66 MAIL"
- Permanent Location
- (a) Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- (b-c) Storage Room 2005
- 2005-2-5 Box 17
- Condition Remarks
- Cover of book (a) is ripped at top centre; spine is ripped at bottom; front cover almost detached from rest of book; invoice (b) is heavily creased in one location horizontally; packing slip (c) is heavily creased on one location horizontally; rip in paper on left side
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #2
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medication cup
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13723
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Mental Health
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- Accession Number
- 000018009
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup.
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- Accession Number
- 000018009
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- MeSH Heading
- Drug Therapy
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
- Mental Health
- Mental Health -- hospital
- Mental Health -- psychiatry
- Mental Health -- treatment
- Mental Health -- treatment -- drug administration
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital
- Maker
- Rigo
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Date Remarks
- Date based on donor's remarks
- Material
- glass: clear
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on the inside: "1 oz // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4" // "30 CC // 25 // 20 // 15 // 10 // 5"; embossed on the inside, back: "TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT" // "TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"; embossed on bottom: "Rigo"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-7
- Dimension Notes
- Length 6.4 cm x Diam. 4.5 cm
- Condition Remarks
- There is a small crack on the interior at the '2' mark in between the 'table' and the 'tea' marks; scratches are present at the base of the cup
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Medical Tour Info" Brockville Psychiatric Hospital website; CD #5
- Research Facts
- Formerly known as the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital opened in 1894; in 1903 the School of Nursing opened with one student who was given a two year course in nursing the mentally ill, this was one of Ontario's first nursing programs to specialize in psychiatric care; early in the 20th Century, the population expanded to 800 patients with as many as 100 patients at work on the grounds daily, the facility had a bakery, farm, garden, and a variety of shops including a butcher, tailor and carpenter (none of which are operational today); systems of treatment used throughout the years consisted of hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and vocational therapy; in 2000 the hospital was oficially transferred from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group.
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medication cup
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13724
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Mental Health
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- Accession Number
- 000018010
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup.
3 images
- Accession Number
- 000018010
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- MeSH Heading
- Drug Therapy
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
- Mental Health
- Mental Health -- hospital
- Mental Health -- psychiatry
- Mental Health -- treatment
- Mental Health -- treatment -- drug administration
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital
- Maker
- Rigo
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Date Remarks
- Date based on donor's remarks
- Material
- glass: clear
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on the inside: "1 oz // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4"// 30 CC // 25 // 20 // 15 // 10 // 5"; embossed on the inside, back: "TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT" // "TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"; embossed on the bottom: "Rigo"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-7
- Dimension Notes
- Length 6.4 cm x Diam. 4.5 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cup is like new
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Medical Tour Info" Brockville Psychiatric Hospital website; CD #5
- Research Facts
- Formerly known as the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital opened in 1894; in 1903 the School of Nursing opened with one student who was given a two year course in nursing the mentally ill, this was one of Ontario's first nursing programs to specialize in psychiatric care; early in the 20th Century, the population expanded to 800 patients with as many as 100 patients at work on the grounds daily, the facility had a bakery, farm, garden, and a variety of shops including a butcher, tailor and carpenter (none of which are operational today); systems of treatment used throughout the years consisted of hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and vacational therapy; in 2000 the hospital was oficially transferred from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
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medication cup
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13725
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Mental Health
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- Accession Number
- 000018011
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on bottom.
3 images
- Accession Number
- 000018011
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- MeSH Heading
- Drug Therapy
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
- Mental Health
- Mental Health -- hospital
- Mental Health -- psychiatry
- Mental Health -- treatment
- Mental Health -- treatment -- drug administration
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on bottom.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Date Remarks
- Date based on donor's remarks
- Material
- glass: clear
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on the inside: "1 oz // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4"// "30 CC // 25 // 20 // 15 // 10 // 5"; embossed on the inside, back: "TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT" // "TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-7
- Dimension Notes
- Length 6.3 cm x Diam. 4.7 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cup is like new
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Medical Tour Info" Brockville Psychiatric Hospital website; CD #5
- Research Facts
- Formerly known as the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital opened in 1894; in 1903 the School of Nursing opened with one student who was given a two year course in nursing the mentally ill, this was one of Ontario's first nursing programs to specialize in psychiatric care; early in the 20th Century, the population expanded to 800 patients with as many as 100 patients at work on the grounds daily, the facility had a bakery, farm, garden, and a variety of shops including a butcher, tailor and carpenter (none of which are operational today); systems of treatment used throughout the years consisted of hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and vocational therapy; in 2000 the hospital was oficially transferred from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
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medication cup
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13726
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Mental Health
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- Accession Number
- 000018012
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on the bottom.
3 images
- Accession Number
- 000018012
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- MeSH Heading
- Drug Therapy
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
- Mental Health
- Mental Health -- hospital
- Mental Health -- psychiatry
- Mental Health -- treatment
- Mental Health -- treatment -- drug administration
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on the bottom.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Date Remarks
- Date based on donor's remarks
- Material
- glass: clear
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on the inside, front: "1 oz // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4" // "30 CC // 25 // 20 // 15 // 10 // 5"; embossed on the inside, back: "TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT" // TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-7
- Dimension Notes
- Length 6.3 cm x Diam. 4.7 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cup is like new
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Medical Tour Info" Brockville Psychiatric Hospital website; CD #5
- Research Facts
- Formerly known as the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital opened in 1894; in 1903 the School of Nursing opened with one student who was given a two year course in nursing the mentally ill, this was one of Ontario's first nursing programs to specialize in psychiatric care; early in the 20th Century, the population expanded to 800 patients with as many as 100 patients at work on the grounds daily, the facility had a bakery, farm, garden, and a variety of shops including a butcher, tailor and carpenter (none of which are operational today); systems of treatment used throughout the years consisted of hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and vocational therapy; in 2000 the hospital was oficially transferred from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
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medication cup
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13727
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Mental Health
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- Accession Number
- 000018013
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on the bottom.
3 images
- Accession Number
- 000018013
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- MeSH Heading
- Drug Therapy
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
- Mental Health
- Mental Health -- hospital
- Mental Health -- psychiatry
- Mental Health -- treatment
- Mental Health -- treatment -- drug administration
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on the bottom.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Date Remarks
- Date based on donor's remarks
- Material
- glass: clear
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on the inside, front: "1 oz // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4" // "30 CC // 25 // 20 // 15 // 10 // 5"; embossed on the inside, back: "TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT" // "TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-7
- Dimension Notes
- Length 6.3 cm x Diam. 4.7 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cup is like new
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Medical Tour Info" Brockville Psychiatric Hospital website; CD #5
- Research Facts
- Formerly known as the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital opened in 1894; in 1903 the School of Nursing opened with one student who was given a two year course in nursing the mentally ill, this was one of Ontario's first nursing programs to specialize in psychiatric care; early in the 20th Century, the population expanded to 800 patients with as many as 100 patients at work on the grounds daily, the facility had a bakery, farm, garden, and a variety of shops including a butcher, tailor and carpenter (none of which are operational today); systems of treatment used throughout the years consisted of hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and vocational therapy; in 2000 the hospital was oficially transferred from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
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medication cup
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact13728
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Category
- Mental Health
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- Accession Number
- 000018014
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on the bottom.
3 images
- Accession Number
- 000018014
- Collection
- Brockville Psychiatric Hospital Collection
- Classification
- Mental Health
- Mental Health, Hospital
- MeSH Heading
- Drug Therapy
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- Equipment and Supplies, Hospital
- Mental Health
- Mental Health -- hospital
- Mental Health -- psychiatry
- Mental Health -- treatment
- Mental Health -- treatment -- drug administration
- Description
- Clear glass medicine cup has an open, circular mouth and tapers towards the bottom with a thick base; sequential dosage indicators embossed around the cup; diamond shape embossed on the bottom.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Used at the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital
- Dates
- 1940
- 1950
- circa 1940-1950
- Date Remarks
- Date based on donor's remarks
- Material
- glass: clear
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on the inside, front: "1 oz // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4" // "30 CC // 25 // 20 // 15 // 10 // 5"; embossed on the inside, back: "TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT" // "TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-7
- Dimension Notes
- Length 6.3 cm x Diam. 4.7 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cup is like new
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- "Medical Tour Info" Brockville Psychiatric Hospital website; CD #5
- Research Facts
- Formerly known as the Eastern Hospital for the Insane, the Brockville Psychiatric Hospital opened in 1894; in 1903 the School of Nursing opened with one student who was given a two year course in nursing the mentally ill, this was one of Ontario's first nursing programs to specialize in psychiatric care; early in the 20th Century, the population expanded to 800 patients with as many as 100 patients at work on the grounds daily, the facility had a bakery, farm, garden, and a variety of shops including a butcher, tailor and carpenter (none of which are operational today); systems of treatment used throughout the years consisted of hydrotherapy, electroconvulsive therapy and vocational therapy; in 2000 the hospital was oficially transferred from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care to the Royal Ottawa Health Care Group
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