Anti-Mosquito cream
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- Dates
- 1939
- 1943
- circa 1939-1943
- Collection
- Lt. N/S Nursing Sister Miriam Hartrick Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Accession Number
- 002001007
- Description
- Mosquito repellent in a round, steel tin plated with a brassy yellow metal; the tin is in two halves that fit together; the lower half has a rounded base with a flange or bulge halfway up to stop the lid from sliding too far down.
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- Accession Number
- 002001007
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- MeSH Heading
- Pharmacy
- Pharmaceutical Preparations
- Insect Repellents
- Description
- Mosquito repellent in a round, steel tin plated with a brassy yellow metal; the tin is in two halves that fit together; the lower half has a rounded base with a flange or bulge halfway up to stop the lid from sliding too far down.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Owned and used by Miriam Hartrick during WWII.
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1939
- 1943
- circa 1939-1943
- Date Remarks
- Provenance of artifact (Canadian Forces issue)
- Material
- metal: silver, brown, yellow
- ink: blue, black, tan
- Inscriptions
- Printed or stamped on lid: "ANTI-MOSQUITO // TO BE // SMEARED ON // EXPOSED PARTS // AS REQUIRED // CREAM"; "Anti-Mosquito" is at the top and "Cream" is at the bottom, both in larger letters than the rest.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row C
- Depth
- 1.8 cm
- Diameter
- 6.5 cm
- Dimension Notes
- Depth 1.8 cm x Diameter 6.5 cm
- Condition Remarks
- The tin shows extensive use-related wear, mostly on the sides and bottom of the container, approximately over 30% of its surface; the brass plating in these areas has worn away to reveal the steel underneath; there is a very small area of active corrosion on the upper rim near the "E" in "CREAM"; there is also slight denting and malformation from use.
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Book
- Reference Comments
- United States. Army Medical Department. Historical Unit Department of Defense, Department of the Army, Office of the Surgeon General, 1955, "Preventive medicine in World War II," https://books.google.ca/books?id=tuXnogXwzNIC&source=gbs_navlinks_s.
- Research Facts
- Mosquito repellents were used during World War II as preventative medicine against malaria.
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