Accession Number

1976.60.10

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Neurological

MeSH Heading

Medicine, Herbal

Sedatives, Nonbarbiturate

Description

A clear plastic bag containing dried herbs, Cypripedium (lady's slipper).

Number Of Parts

1

Site Made (Country)

Canada

Dates

1863

1916

1863-1916

Material

plastic: clear

plant matter: reddish-brown

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A1-3 Row F

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Document

Reference Comments

Information sheet accompanying accession sheet

Research Facts

Was used in an exhibit for the International Congress of the History of Medicine in Montreal; used by the North American Indians; note: crude drugs were used in Canada quite extensively until around the 1920s; habitat for Cypripedium: bogs from Nova Scotia to Nebraska, South to Mississippi and Alabama; parts used: rhizome and root; uses: sedative and nerve medicine; for insomnia in domestic American medicine; official preparation: U.S.P 1863-1916.

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Accession Number

1976.60.8

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Neurological

MeSH Heading

Medicine, Herbal

Toothache -- drug therapy

Sexually Transmitted Disease -- drug therapy

Description

A clear plastic bag containing dried plant matter, Zanthoxylum americanum (prickly ash).

Number Of Parts

1

Site Made (Country)

Canada

Dates

1820

1926

1820-1926

Material

plastic: clear

plant matter: reddish-brown

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A1-3 Row E

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Document

Reference Comments

Information sheet accompanying accession shee

Research Facts

Was used in an exhibit for the International Congress of the History of Medicine in Montreal; used by the North American Indians; note: crude drugs were used in Canada quite extensively until around the 1920s; habitat for Zanthoxylum americanum: damp woods from Quebec to Virginia and west to Ontario; South Dakota through Kansas and Nebraska; parts used: bark, roots, berries; uses: toothache, rheumatism , venereal disease, anti-spasmodic; constituents: berberine--mild sedative; official preparations: U.S.P 1820-1926.

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Accession Number

1970.10.2

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Neurological

MeSH Heading

Central Nervous System Agents

MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- vial

Description

A clear glass vial, corked and 1/3 full of light brown pills; has a small horizontal strip label.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Misses Maud and Bata Fraser via Dr. G. Allan Pengelly, Willowdale, Ont.; used by Dr. John Bell Fraser (1855-1938) who practised in Brockville for one year.

Site Made (Country)

Canada

Dates

1870

1930

circa 1870-1930

Date Remarks

Original record had "late 19c.-early 20c."

Material

glass: translucent yellow

cork: brown

drugs: light brown

Inscriptions

Handwritten on label: "Caffeine Cit. Gr 1/2"

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A4-6 Box 1 Row E

Dimension Notes

Length 7.2 cm x Diam. 1.3 cm

Condition Remarks

#2: no chips or cracks in the glass; cork is whole but protruding from the opening by 0.6 cm; the label is yellowed but whole and legible; pills are whole; residue inside of vial; black deposit in centre of label and directly underneath the glass.

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Book

Reference Comments

Martindale, 27th ed.;

Research Facts

Caffeine Citrate has a good effect on kidney and muscle, and is a CNS stimulant.

Exhibit History

Agnes Etherington Art Centre - July 2002; on display in "When Medicine Met Science" exhibit, Ann Baillie Building, April 29, 2003

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Accession Number

1970.10.3

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Neurological

MeSH Heading

Hypnotics and Sedatives

MM= Drugs -- sedatives -- container

MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- vial

Description

Clear glass vial with a metal screw top 3/4 full of beige tablets (62 tablets); surrounded by stained paper label.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Misses Maud and Bata Fraser via Dr. G. Allan Pengelly, Willowdale, Ont.; used by Dr. John Bell Fraser (1855-1938) who practised in Brockville for one year.

Site Made (Country)

Canada

Dates

1870

1930

circa 1870-1930

Date Remarks

Original record had "late 19c.-early 20c."

Material

glass: clear

metal: brown

paper: brown

drugs: beige

Inscriptions

Paper label has handwritten, "Aconite Min 1"

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A3-4 Box 1

Dimension Notes

Length 8.0 cm x Diam. 1.4 cm

Condition Remarks

Label is very hard to read.

Copy Type

Original

Research Facts

Family Ranunculaceae (Wolf's Bane plant); external use for neuralgia; antipyretic; "characteristic tingling sensation when applied to tongue, followed by local anaesthesia."

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Accession Number

1970.10.5

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Neurological

MeSH Heading

Atropine -- therapeutic use

MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- vial

Description

Clear glass vial, corked, containing a few beige tablets; a paper label is wrapped around the vial.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Misses Maud and Bata Fraser via Dr. G. Allan Pengelly, Willowdale, Ont.; used by Dr. John Bell Fraser (1855-1938) who practised in Brockville for one year.

Site Made (Country)

Canada

Dates

1870

1930

circa 1870-1930

Date Remarks

Original record had "late 19c.-early 20c."

Material

glass: clear

cork: brown

drugs: beige

paper: y ellowish

Inscriptions

Handwritten on label: "Atropine // Gr. 1/100"

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A3-4 Box 1

Dimension Notes

Length 6.8 cm x Diam. 1.3 cm

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Book

Reference Comments

Martindale, 27th ed.

Research Facts

"Atropine is anticholinergic, stimulates and then depresses the CNS."

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Accession Number

1980.18.318 a-b

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Neurological

MeSH Heading

Drugs, Non-Prescription

Insomnia -- drug therapy

MM= Drugs -- depressants

MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- vial

Description

A corked glass vial containing 12 tablets; boxed; attached circular.

Number Of Parts

2

Part Names

vial - Size: Length 9.0 cm

box - Size: Length 9.0 cm x Width 2.0 cm x Depth 2.0 cm

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.

Maker

Sleepex

Site Made (City)

Montreal

Site Made (State)

Quebec

Site Made (Country)

Canada

Dates

1800

1899

1800-1899

Date Remarks

Original record had "19c."

Material

glass: clear

cork:

cardboard: orange; black

Inscriptions

Printed on box: "Sleepex // REG'D ENRG."; "Bromure de Soude 1-20 gr. // Bromisovaleryluréa 3 gr. // Iode Peptonisé 1-100 gr. // Edifice SLEEPEX Building, Montreal"; "Sleepex, Nervous Sedative"; from attached circular: "A quick inducer to sleep"; "Helps relieve nervous insomnia caused by overwork, worry, nervous dyspepsia"; "Women suffering from excessive pain during menstruation may find in Sleepex a valuable relief."

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A2-5 Row E

Condition Remarks

Box is slightly worn.

Copy Type

Original

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Accession Number

1980.18.7

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Neurological

MeSH Heading

Epilepsy -- drug therapy

Anticonvulsants

MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle

Description

Cylindrical clear glass bottle with a narrow neck and a glass stopper with faceted edges; white enamel with gold border and black text curved label affixed to bottle; about one-eighth full of a reddish brown liquid; stopper stuck in neck.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Myron Swartz.

Dates

1850

1880

circa 1850-1880

Material

glass: clear; brownish stained

paper: white

ink: black

solid substance: reddish

Inscriptions

Printed on paper label: "OL. VERBENA"

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A4-2

Dimension Notes

Length 18.5 cm

Condition Remarks

Label torn.

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Book

Reference Comments

"The American Illustrated Medical Dictionary," W.A. Newman Dorland, 1944

Research Facts

Used in the treatment of epilepsy.

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