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- Pediatrics
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- Accession Number
- 017026001 a-b
- Description
- Round paper cylinder container (a) with removable lid (b) with blue paper label covering all container; label provides details about the composition or ingredients, analysis, food value and instructions for preparing as a food source for infant and sick or elderly persons.
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- Accession Number
- 017026001 a-b
- Classification
- Paediatrics
- Patient Care
- Description
- Round paper cylinder container (a) with removable lid (b) with blue paper label covering all container; label provides details about the composition or ingredients, analysis, food value and instructions for preparing as a food source for infant and sick or elderly persons.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - container
- b - lid
- Provenance
- Purchased at an antique store.
- Maker
- Mead Johnson & Company of Canada Limited
- Site Made (City)
- Belleville
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Material
- paper: tan
- ink: blue, red
- Inscriptions
- Printed on front label: "1 LB. 2 OZ. NET (510 GM.) // REPLACE LID - KEEP IN COOL DRY PLACE // PABLUM // CANAD. PAT. NO. 346,700 (1934) T. M. REG. CANAD. PAT OFF. // A thoroughly cooked and dried palatable mixed cereal // food, with vitamin B complex and mineral supplements // Pablum consists of wheatmeal (farina), oatmeal, wheat germ, yellow cornmeal, powdered beef bone specially prepared for // human use, sodium chloride, powdered alfalfa leaf, powdered // yeast and reduced iron. It is thoroguhly cooked under pressure // and dried, with resultant rupture for the starch granules and some dextrinization. Pablum is an excellent source of the vita- // B complex and supplies nutritionally important minerals // (iron, copper, calcium adn phosphorus). It is readily digested, // low in crude fiber, palatable, and convenient and // economical to prepare. // REQUIRES NO COOKING // MEAD JOHNSON & COMPANY // OF CANADA, LIMITED // BELLEVILLE, ONTARIO // LOT NO 12122 // SERVAMUS FIDEM"; on back panel: "TO PREPARE PABLUM // For Infants // For Persons of Other Ages // (full instruction in both English and French) // Formula devised in the Research Laboratories // of teh Department of Paediatrics, University // of Toronto. Regularly tested by Paediatic // Reseaarch Foundation of Toronto."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A1-1
- Length
- a - 19.7 cm
- Depth
- b - 1.7 cm
- Diameter
- a - 12.7 cm
- b - 12.8 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Paper torn at edge of lid to container with ragged edges, all pieces intack; surface grime
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Wikipedia
- Research Facts
- Pablum was developed by Canadian pediatricians Frederick Tisdall, Theodore Drake, and Alan Brown, in collaboration with nutrition laboratory technician Ruth Herbert (all of the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto), along with Mead Johnson chemist Harry H. Engel. The cereal marked a breakthrough in nutritional science: it helped prevent rickets, a crippling childhood disease, by ensuring that children had sufficient vitamin D in their diet.
- Although neither Pablum nor its biscuit predecessor was the first food designed and sold specifically for babies, it was the first baby food to come precooked and thoroughly dried. The ease of preparation made Pablum successful in an era when infant malnutrition was still a major problem in industrialized countries.
- Pablum Mixed Cereal was made from a mixture of ground and precooked wheat (farina), oatmeal, yellow corn meal, bone meal, dried brewer's yeast, and powdered alfalfa leaf, fortified with reduced iron – providing an assortment of minerals and vitamins A, B1, B2, D, and E. Pablum is palatable and easily digested without causing side effects like diarrhea or constipation. It is also unlikely to cause allergic reactions, as it does not contain eggs, lactose or nuts of any kind (although it does contain wheat and corn, either of which can be allergenic for some individuals).
- For a period of 25 years, the Hospital for Sick Children and the Toronto Pediatric Foundation received a royalty on every package of Pablum sold. In 2005, the Pablum brand was acquired by the H. J. Heinz Company.
- Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name is a contracted form of the Latin word pabulum, which means "foodstuff". The name had long been used in botany and medicine to refer to nutrition or substances of which the nutritive elements are passively absorbed.
- The word can also refer to something that is bland, mushy, unappetizing, or infantile.
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baby food dish
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15251
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Classification
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- Accession Number
- 018006001
- Description
- Heavy porcelain bowl with light blue glaze; the bowl is divided into three compartments, two quarters and one half; between one of the quarters and the half, there is a hole in which a cork sits; the bowl is hollow inside, and on the outside the bowl becomes wider the closer it is to the bottom, so…
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- Accession Number
- 018006001
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Pediatrics
- Classification
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- Paediatrics
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Care
- Infant Food
- Infant Nutrition
- Pediatrics
- Home Health
- Food
- Feeding Methods
- Child
- Child Nutrition
- Description
- Heavy porcelain bowl with light blue glaze; the bowl is divided into three compartments, two quarters and one half; between one of the quarters and the half, there is a hole in which a cork sits; the bowl is hollow inside, and on the outside the bowl becomes wider the closer it is to the bottom, so there are two indents in the bowl around the edge; the bottom of the bowl contains three white rings, each one smaller as it reaches the centre of the bowl; inside the smallest ring, the middle of the bowl is indented to form a concave impression.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor's family. Used by all toddlers in the family.
- Dates
- 1930
- 1940
- circa 1930-1940
- Date Remarks
- Based on donor's remarks
- Material
- porcelain: blue, white
- cork: brown
- ink: brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on cork: "7189".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D3-8
- Height
- 7.0 cm
- Diameter
- 18.7 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- The small section nearest the cork has a crack in the side; some slight colour loss in small spots on the top and bottom of the bowl around the cork.
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Donor, website
- Reference Comments
- Donor's remarks
- TheRetroRescuers, Vintage Hankscraft Baby Food Warmer Dish ~Periwinkle Blue: https://www.etsy.com/sg-en/listing/594103122/vintage-hankscraft-baby-food-warmer-dish
- Research Facts
- This dish was used to feed toddlers. Warm water would be poured into the hollow portion and plugged with a matching lid, which in this case has been replaced by a cork. The water inside the dish would keep the food warm. The ridged base and the heavy weight of the bowl kept toddlers from throwing the bowl on the ground, etc.
- Similar items were made by a company called Hankscraft.
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The Baby [infant care book]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact15202
- Dates
- 1924
- 1930
- circa 1924-1930
- Category
- Archival Items
- Education Artifacts
- Pediatrics
- Home Health Care
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Education
- Paediatrics
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- Accession Number
- 019001001
- Description
- Rectangular book with a glued binding and paper covers; the front cover contains a colour illustration of two toddlers on a beach, one wearing a red swim suit and grabbing the other's hand, who is wearing a green swim suit; the background is mostly brown, and near the top. the title "The Baby" is p…
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- Accession Number
- 019001001
- Author
- Department of Health of Ontario
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Education
- Paediatrics
- Home Health
- Home Health Care
- MeSH Heading
- Infant Care -- handbooks
- Infant Care
- Infant Nutrition
- Child Care -- handbooks
- Child Nutrition
- Child
- Mother-Child Relations -- handbooks
- Pregnancy
- Pediatrics
- Home Health
- Description
- Rectangular book with a glued binding and paper covers; the front cover contains a colour illustration of two toddlers on a beach, one wearing a red swim suit and grabbing the other's hand, who is wearing a green swim suit; the background is mostly brown, and near the top. the title "The Baby" is printed in flourished script and outlined in pink; the spine is white and also contains the title and small illustrations of children's toys and animals; the back cover is backgrounded in black and contains a yellow, orange, pink, and red illustration of numerous children playing on a beach with a giant baby in the background in front of the sun, mouth open and holding up a rattle as birds fly in front of it; the book has sixty four pages and contains information about pre-natal care, preparation for confinement, registration of the baby's birth, care of the infant, infant feeding, care of the runabout child, common ailments of childhood, immunization, baby's record, and baby's development.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to donor.
- Maker
- Department of Health of Ontario
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1924
- 1930
- circa 1924-1930
- Date Remarks
- Honourable Forbes Godfrey was Minister of Health in Ontario from 1924 until 1930.
- Material
- paper: tan
- ink: black, green, pink, red, grey, purple, brown, tan, yellow, orange.
- Inscriptions
- Printed on front cover: "The Baby"; printed on back cover: "Issued by the Department of Health of Ontario. // Honorable Forbes Godfrey - Minister of Health".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-3
- Length
- 22.5 cm
- Width
- 15.0 cm
- Height
- 0.8 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Minor fraying at spine and bending at corners
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Websites
- Reference Comments
- https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/forbes-elliott-godfrey
- https://www.ola.org/en/members/all/harold-james-kirby
- https://www.leonardshoup.com/product/64654/The-Baby--Department-of-Health-of-Ontario-----Dionne-Quintuplets-Cover-Art-No-Author--Department-of-Health-of-Ontario-Honourable-Harold-J-Kirby-Minister
- http://mimicohistory.blogspot.com/2011/05/dr-forbes-godfrey-first-ontario.html
- Research Facts
- A later edition of this book, from 1937-1942, in print while Harold J. Kirby was Ontario's Minister of Health, has an illustration of the famous Dionne quintuplets on the front cover.
- Forbes Godfrey was Ontario's first Minister of Health, and he was a doctor before entering the realm of politics. Dr. Godfrey wanted the government to do more to combat tuberculosis, as the disease was devastating Ontario's citizens. As a result of his efforts, a system of government supported tuberculosis hospitals was created. Dr. Godfrey was also a strong believer in vaccination. He was responsible for organizing the ministry of health from its beginnings, and he helped protect miners from silicosis; started industrial health programs; created public health clinics in remote areas, and began free immunization programs for Ontario school children.
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Tuffy baby feeding bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14649
- Dates
- 1910
- 1925
- circa 1910 - 1925
- Collection
- Vechter Collection
- Category
- Pediatrics
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- Accession Number
- 014005008
- Description
- Translucent blue glass cylindrical bottle with two flat faces; without closure or feeding nipple; mould lines visible.
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- Accession Number
- 014005008
- Collection
- Vechter Collection
- Category
- Pediatrics
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- Description
- Translucent blue glass cylindrical bottle with two flat faces; without closure or feeding nipple; mould lines visible.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Items belonged to donor, a physician from Ottawa.
- Maker
- Brockway
- Site Made (City)
- Brockwayville
- Site Made (State)
- Pennsylvania
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1910
- 1925
- circa 1910 - 1925
- Date Remarks
- Online research
- Material
- glass: translucent blue
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on bottle, two faces have different measurement lines with labelled values, on another face: "COLD-PROOF" on another face: "HEAT-PROOF" on the other two faces: "TUFFY"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A4-8 Box 3 Row B
- Length
- 16.7
- Width
- 5.9
- Depth
- 4.5
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Minor scratches on exterior of bottle by the one ounce line
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Brockway Machine Bottle Co. and Brockway Glass Co. Society for Historical Archaeology
- Research Facts
- From its opening in 1907, the Brockway Machine Bottle Co. was a product of the mechanized era. As the name implies, the company was formed to manufacture bottles by machine.
- Initially, of course, Brockway only made wide-mouth bottles by semiautomatic machines, but the plant installed narrow-mouth machines in the early 1920's.
- Brockway became one of the leading bottle producers in the U.S. and finally merged with the Owens-Illinois Glass Co. in 1988.
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