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BDC Gin Pills for the Kidneys
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact6690
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Pharmacy, General
- Treatment
- Home Health
- Accession Number
- 1974.4.1 a-c
- Description
- A yellow pill tin with black markings and printing (a) with a lid (b) and a circular containing a complete discussion and directions for use in several languages.
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- Accession Number
- 1974.4.1 a-c
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Pharmacy, General
- Treatment
- Home Health
- MeSH Heading
- Kidney Diseases -- drug therapy -- advertisements
- Backache -- drug therapy -- advertisements
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Pharmaceuticals
- Pharmacy
- Pharmacy -- pamphlet
- Drug Packaging -- container -- box and packet
- Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Drugs
- Drugs -- Non-Prescription
- Drugs -- pamphlet
- Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter multi-purpose cures – container
- Description
- A yellow pill tin with black markings and printing (a) with a lid (b) and a circular containing a complete discussion and directions for use in several languages.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. Charles De. Gossage of Toronto.
- Maker
- National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Material
- metal: yellow; black
- paper: light green
- Inscriptions
- On tin lid: "BDC // GIN // PILLS // FOR THE // KIDNEYS // TRADE MARK REGISTERED"; around lower edge of tin: "40 PILLS // PROPRIETARY ARTICLES DEPARTMENT - NATIONAL DRUG AND CHEMICAL COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED, MONTREAL, CANADA"; on bottom: "GIN PILLS FOR THE KIDNEYS // No. 5611 The Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act. Take one or two pills four times a day, before or after meals, and at bedtime [followed by same information in French]"; circular contains a complete description and directions, in several languages.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-5 Row E
- Temporary Location
- On display, Queen's University Department of Medicine third floor, August 20, 2013.
- Dimension Notes
- Depth 3.2 cm x Diam. 5.0 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- Modern container, but similar in design to earlier containers.
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Gravol antiemetic kit
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7554
- Dates
- 1930
- 1970
- 1930-1970
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Gastrointestinal
- Accession Number
- 1979.12.17
- Description
- Black fold-out plastic case with compartments for Gravol pills in glass, plastic, and cardboard containers; instructions printed on cards and displayed within case.
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- Accession Number
- 1979.12.17
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Gastrointestinal
- MeSH Heading
- Nausea -- drug therapy
- Vomiting -- drug therapy
- Antiemetics
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- container
- MM= Drug Case -- conventional medicine
- Description
- Black fold-out plastic case with compartments for Gravol pills in glass, plastic, and cardboard containers; instructions printed on cards and displayed within case.
- Part Names
- pill bottles - Size: Length 4.0 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
- pill boxes - Size: Length 8.5 cm x Diam. 2.0 cm
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mrs. J. Murdoch.
- Maker
- Frank W. Horner Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1930
- 1970
- 1930-1970
- Date Remarks
- Original record had "mid 20c."
- Material
- plastic: black; clear
- paper: white; blue; black; yellow
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A6-6
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #UHN
- Research Facts
- Mrs. Murdoch was the daughter of the late Dr. Haber F. Teney.
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triangular bandage
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7585
- Dates
- 1938
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Military Medicine
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Military Medicine
- Accession Number
- 1979.20.8
- Description
- A box-like paper wrapper contains a triangular bandage.
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- Accession Number
- 1979.20.8
- Classification
- General Treatment
- Military Medicine
- MeSH Heading
- Bandages
- First Aid -- instrumentation
- Military Medicine
- Military Medicine -- emergency
- Military Medicine -- equipment and supplies
- Military Medicine -- home front
- Military Medicine -- Second World War -- World War Two -- WW2 -- WWII
- Description
- A box-like paper wrapper contains a triangular bandage.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. C.D. Gossage of Toronto.
- Maker
- T.J. Smith & Nephew Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Hull
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1938
- Date Remarks
- Package has "December 1938" printed on it.
- Material
- paper: blue; beige
- Inscriptions
- Printed on front of package: "Home Office // Air Raid Precaution Department // TRIANGULAR // BANDAGE // (COMPRESSED) // T.J. SMITH & NEPHEW, LTD. HULL // DECEMBER 1938".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D4-3
- Dimension Notes
- Length 5.2 cm x Width 3.2 cm x Depth 3.5 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Still wrapped; package torn.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #UHN
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- Dates
- 1950
- 1960
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Pain
- Accession Number
- 1979.21.51
- Description
- Physician's sample of Nembutal in squarish tin; back has directions in both English and French.
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- Accession Number
- 1979.21.51
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Pain
- MeSH Heading
- Hypnotics and Sedatives
- Barbiturates
- MM= Drugs -- narcotics -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- Physician's sample of Nembutal in squarish tin; back has directions in both English and French.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mrs. J. A. McArthur, Blackstock Dispensary, Blackstock, Ontario.
- Maker
- Abbott Laboratories Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1950
- 1960
- Material
- metal: green
- ink: black; white
- Inscriptions
- On top of tin: "TO OPEN, PRESS HERE // NEMBUTAL* // (Pentobarbital sodium, Abbott) // 1 1/2 grs // Abbott // SIX CAPSULES// [Sodium-Ethyl (1-methylbutyl)-barbiturate, Abbott] // *TRADE MARK REG'D LIST NO. 3114 // ABBOTT LABORATORIES // LIMITED MONTREAL"; on back: "PHYSICIAN'S SAMPLE // Powerful, rapid acting // sedative, hypnotic and // antispasmodic having a // prolonged sedative but // a brief hypnotic effect. //DOSE: ONE TO TWO // CAPSULES // (1 1/2 grs. 3 grns.): repeated in French
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-5 Row A
- Dimension Notes
- Length 4.5 cm x Width 3.5 cm x Depth 0.9 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- From the Blackstock Dispensary, built in 1876; practising physicians in the dispensary: Dr. John Montgomery 1876-1882; Dr. Auron J. Campbell 1882-1888; Dr. Wm. A Fish 1888-1901; Dr. John McCullough 1901-1906; Dr. Robert B. Harris 1906-1908; Dr. Archibald McArthur 1908-1925; Dr. John A. McArthur 1919-1966.
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ether canister
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7666
- Dates
- 1930
- 1950
- 1930-1950
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Anaesthesia
- Pharmacy
- Accession Number
- 1979.6.2
- Description
- Empty cylindrical metal canister with a short narrow neck and a thin lid; lid is punctured; information is printed on a paper label on the outside of the can.
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- Accession Number
- 1979.6.2
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Anaesthesia
- Pharmacy
- MeSH Heading
- Anesthesia, Inhalation
- Description
- Empty cylindrical metal canister with a short narrow neck and a thin lid; lid is punctured; information is printed on a paper label on the outside of the can.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. J. W. Scott.
- Maker
- E. R. Squibb & Sons Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1930
- 1950
- 1930-1950
- Date Remarks
- Ether only used widely until 1960s; Squibb started c. 1925.
- Material
- metal: grey
- paper: yellow, brown, red
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "SQUIBB // ETHER, U.S.P. // FOR GENERAL ANESTHESIA BY INHALATION // NOTE: [followed by precautionary instructions] // ANTIDOTES [followed by antidotes] // Usual dose: By inhalation, as required // Complete prescribing information available by request // CAUTION [followed by cautionary notes] // E.R. Squibb & Sons Ltd. Montreal, Canada // Capacity of canister: 1/4 lb. or 115 gm; Lot 0L 76217; List 40820"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A1-6 Row D
- Temporary Location
- On display "Doctor's Treatment Room c1930" at Museum of Health Care 20 Feb 2016.
- Length
- 10.0 cm
- Diameter
- 5.2 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
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Pe-ru-na Tonic
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7819
- Dates
- 1940
- 1960
- circa 1940-1960
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Respiratory
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.206 a-b
- Description
- A cardboard box containing a bottle with a metal top; circular attached.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.206 a-b
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Respiratory
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Common Cold -- drug therapy
- Insomnia -- drug therapy
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- A cardboard box containing a bottle with a metal top; circular attached.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- bottle - Size: Length 21.5 cm x Diam. 6.0 cm
- box - Size: Length 23.5 cm x Width 7.0 cm
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Laurentian Laboratories
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1940
- 1960
- circa 1940-1960
- Material
- cardboard: brown; black
- glass
- metal: black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on box: "NEW PE-RU-NA // TONIC"; "Manufactured for: Consolidated Royal Chemical Corporation"; from attached circular: "Cure for coughs due to colds"; "Gentle stimulator"; "Restores strength and energy"; "Aid to sleep".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A1-2 Row E
- Copy Type
- Original
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Tuttle's elixer
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7835
- Dates
- 1885
- 1900
- circa 1885-1900
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.220
- Description
- A long, narrow, cylindrical bottle with rounded shoulders and a short neck ending in a lip and a metal screw-on cap; completely wrapped around with a paper label; full of contents; attached circular inside wrapping and unable to remove.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.220
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Description
- A long, narrow, cylindrical bottle with rounded shoulders and a short neck ending in a lip and a metal screw-on cap; completely wrapped around with a paper label; full of contents; attached circular inside wrapping and unable to remove.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Tuttle's Elixir Company
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1885
- 1900
- circa 1885-1900
- Material
- glass: clear
- paper: beige; brown
- metal: silver
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "TUTTLE'S // MANUFACTURED BY // TUTTLE'S ELIXIR COMPANY // MONTREAL, CANADA"; and "Tuttle's Elixir Special Veterinary Liniment."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A5-5 Box 2 Row E
- Dimension Notes
- Length 15.8 cm x Diam. 4.8 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Outer paper wrapping is torn
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- Samuel A. Tuttle moved from stable owner in 1883 to medicine manufacturer in 1885. In 1885 Samuel A. Tuttle was the proprietor and owner of a small business selling his Tuttle's Elixir. The Tuttle's Elixir Company was established in 1894. The address was 19 Beverly St. Boston, Mass. The company stayed in business until 1968.
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Pepsin, Bismuth and Strychnia Elixer
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7837
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- 1870-1910
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy
- Pharmacy, Gastroenterology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.222
- Description
- A cylindrical glass bottle with rounded shoulders and a narrow neck ending in a lip and closed with a cork; paper label; 1/3 full of contents.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.222
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy
- Pharmacy, Gastroenterology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Dyspepsia -- drug therapy
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- A cylindrical glass bottle with rounded shoulders and a narrow neck ending in a lip and closed with a cork; paper label; 1/3 full of contents.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Lyman, Knox & Co.
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- 1870-1910
- Material
- glass: transparent
- cork: brown
- paper: brown; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "Elixir, Pepsin, Bismuth and Strychnia"; "It has been employed with great success in Dyspepsia, Gastralgia, General Debility of the system, and in all the numerous disorders dependent on want of tone and vigour of the stomach and digestive organs."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-2 Row E
- Dimension Notes
- Length 19.6 cm x Diam. 8.0 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Cork broken at top.
- Copy Type
- Original
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broom tops fluid extract
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7912
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1890-1910
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.292
- Description
- Glass cylindrical bottle with small, rounded shoulders, medium-wide neck, large lip; corked; paper label.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.292
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Diuretics
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- Glass cylindrical bottle with small, rounded shoulders, medium-wide neck, large lip; corked; paper label.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- National Drug and Chemical Company of Canada, Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1880
- 1910
- circa 1890-1910
- Material
- glass: amber
- cork: brown
- paper: beige; brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "NATIONAL PHARMACEUTICAL LABORATORY // FLUID EXTRACT // BROOM TOPS // PREPARED BY // NATIONAL DRUG AND CHEMICAL // COMPANY OF CANADA LIMITED // MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS // MONTREAL"; properties and preparations are listed on the back label; "Properties: Diuretic."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A5-5 Box 4 Row C
- Dimension Notes
- Length 12.8 cm x Diam. 3.9 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Label is slightly chipped; cork stopper is broken
- Copy Type
- Original
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Colchi-sal capsules
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7913
- Dates
- 1890
- 1910
- 1890-1910
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.293
- Description
- A cylindrical glass bottle with a neck almost the size of the body and ending in a thick lip; corked; paper label.
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- Accession Number
- 1980.18.293
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Antirheumatic Agents
- Rheumatic Diseases -- drug therapy
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- A cylindrical glass bottle with a neck almost the size of the body and ending in a thick lip; corked; paper label.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Leeming Miles Co., Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Montreal
- Site Made (State)
- Quebec
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1890
- 1910
- 1890-1910
- Material
- glass: clear
- cork: brown
- paper: yellow; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "Colchi-sal Capsules // To be used according to the physician's instructions in gouty and rheumatic afflictions"; ingredients and dosages are listed on the label.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A5-6 Box 2 Row E
- Dimension Notes
- Length 9.7 cm x Diam. 3.0 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Oil markings on the label.
- Copy Type
- Original
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