Accession Number

998001006

Collection

Kingston General Hospital Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Pain

MeSH Heading

Administration, Cutaneous -- instrumentation

Weights and Measures

Description

Tapered clear glass dose medicine measurer with one-ounce measurements in teaspoon, tablespoon, dessert, c.c. and ounce.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Used at KGH

Dates

1950

1980

1950-1980

Date Remarks

Based on suppliers' catalogues

Material

glass: transparent

Inscriptions

Embossed inside the glass : "1OZ // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4 ";"30 CC // 25 // 20 // 15 // 10 // 5 // TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT // TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"; engraved into bottom of glass: "D".

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A8-5

Dimension Notes

Length 6.0 cm x Diam 4.7 cm

Condition Remarks

Like new

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Person

Book

Reference Comments

Beth Orr; "Surgical Instruments Operation Tables Sterilizers Hospital Equipment," Allen & Hanburys Ltd., London, p. 628 (similar to item #53766)

Research Facts

Glass measure was used for dispensing medicines and also to hold liquid cocaine, which was used to swab the inside of patient's noses for freezing purposes (for packing, cautery, etc.)

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Accession Number

998001007

Collection

Kingston General Hospital Collection

Category

Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts

Classification

Pharmacy, Pain

MeSH Heading

Administration, Cutaneous -- instrumentation

Weights and Measures

Description

Tapered one-ounce clear glass medicine dose measurer with measurements in teaspoon, tablespoon, dessert, c.c. and ounce.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Used at Kingston General Hospital, Kingston Ontario.

Dates

1950

1980

1950-1980

Date Remarks

Based on suppliers' catalogues

Material

glass: transparent

Inscriptions

Embossed inside the glass: "1OZ // 3/4 // 1/2 // 1/4"; "30 CC // 25 // 20 //15 // 10 // 5 // TABLE // 2 // 1 // DESSERT // TEA // 8 // 6 // 4 // 2 // 1"; engraved into bottom of glass: "D"

Permanent Location

Storage Room 0010

0010-A8-5

Dimension Notes

Length 6.0 cm x Diam. 4.7 cm

Condition Remarks

Like new

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Person

Book

Reference Comments

Beth Orr; "Surgical Instruments Operation Tables Sterilizers Hospital Equipment," by Allen & Hanburys Ltd., London, p. 628 (similar to item #53766)

Research Facts

Glass measure was used for diispensing medication and also to hold liquid cocaine, which was used to swab the inside of patient's noses for freezing purposes (for packing, cautery, etc.)

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Accession Number

1981.6.42

Author

Robert W. Taylor

Collection

University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection

Category

Archival Items

Classification

Archival, Images

MeSH Heading

Acanthosis Nigricans -- pictorial works

Description

Colour lithograph--Acanthosis nigricans.

Number Of Parts

1

Provenance

Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; Dr. Gary Sibbald, Toronto General Hospital.

Maker

George S. Harris & Sons

Site Made (City)

Philadelphia

Site Made (State)

Pennsylvania

Site Made (Country)

United States of America

Dates

1889

1899

circa 1889-1899

Date Remarks

Date of The Clinical Atlas of Veneral and Skin Diseases and succeeding atlases

Material

paper: cream

Inscriptions

"Fig. 1 Acanthosis nigricans"; "Fig. 2 Acanthosis nigricans"; "Fig. 3 To show distribution of pigmentation (front)"; "Fig. 4 To show distribution of pigmentation (back)";

Permanent Location

Storage Room 2005

2005-1-2 Box B

Dimension Notes

Length 55.3 cm x Width 41.2 cm

Condition Remarks

Extremely brittle.

Copy Type

Original

Reference Types

Book

Other

JPG

Reference Comments

The Clinical Atlas of Venereal and Skin Diseases by Robert W. Taylor;

Prev. # 81.6.42

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