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- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
Apostle spoon
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- Dates
- 1950
- 1980
- circa 1950-1980
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- Accession Number
- 1976.15.3
- Description
- Small teaspoon-sized brass finished metal spoon with modified figure of a robed man on the handle tip similar to an 'Apostle' spoon; design on both sides of handle.
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- Accession Number
- 1976.15.3
- Category
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- MeSH Heading
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Pharmacy -- instrumentation
- MM= Administration Drug, Oral -- medicine spoon
- Description
- Small teaspoon-sized brass finished metal spoon with modified figure of a robed man on the handle tip similar to an 'Apostle' spoon; design on both sides of handle.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; possibly belonged to Dr. J. S. Wittaker; used as a medicine dose spoon.
- Dates
- 1950
- 1980
- circa 1950-1980
- Material
- metal: yellow
- Inscriptions
- On back of handle: "EPNS"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D3-9
- Length
- 11.5 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Shows minor wear around perimeter of spoon bowl
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Wikipedia
- Research Facts
- An apostle spoon is a spoon (usually silver or silver-plated, but sometimes of other metals, such as pewter) with an image of an apostle or other saint as the termination of the handle, each bearing his distinctive emblem; a full set is twelve spoons.
- The letters EPNS stand for "electro-plated nickel silver"
Images
dose measuring bottle
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14229
- Dates
- 1885
- 1915
- circa 1885-1915
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Accession Number
- 014002100 a-b
- Description
- Transparent rectangular glass two ounce bottle (a) with elongated neck curved to one side specially designed to measure out teaspoonfuls of liquid with cork closure stuck in neck; three-quarters full of opaque brown liquid; rectangular one piece tan paper cardboard box with illustrations on the si…
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- Accession Number
- 014002100 a-b
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Description
- Transparent rectangular glass two ounce bottle (a) with elongated neck curved to one side specially designed to measure out teaspoonfuls of liquid with cork closure stuck in neck; three-quarters full of opaque brown liquid; rectangular one piece tan paper cardboard box with illustrations on the sides showing the four steps to measure and pour teaspoonfuls of liquid product.
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - bottle - Size: Length 11.7 x Width 6.0 cm x Depth 2.5 cm
- b - box - Size: Length 11.9 cm x Width 6.3 cm x Depth 3.5 cm
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
- Maker
- Measuring Appliance Company
- Site Made (City)
- Providence
- Site Made (State)
- Rhode Island
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1885
- 1915
- circa 1885-1915
- Date Remarks
- Provided by donor
- Material
- glass: clear
- paper: tan
- ink: black
- cork: tan
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on bottle: "DOSE // MEASURING // BOTTLE // 2 OZ. // MEASURING // APPLIANCE CO. // PROVIDENCE // R. I." embossed on bottle's base: "PATENTED // NOV. 3 1896"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A3-9 Box 2
- Condition Remarks
- Cork stained with minor crack running through top; paper box has yellowed, brittle, shows minor wear, surface grime and minor stains, with minor missing areas along one side and missing one flap
- Copy Type
- Original
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- Dates
- 1920
- 1930
- circa 1920-1930
- Collection
- Dr. C. M. Bracken Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Ophthalmology
- Accession Number
- 993004097 a-c
- Description
- Original two-piece yellow pasteboard box contains original glass eye pipette with rust coloured rubber bulb; pipette has angular tube with rounded end
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- Accession Number
- 993004097 a-c
- Collection
- Dr. C. M. Bracken Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Ophthalmology
- Description
- Original two-piece yellow pasteboard box contains original glass eye pipette with rust coloured
- rubber bulb; pipette has angular tube with rounded end
- Number Of Parts
- 3
- Part Names
- a - box bottom - Size: Length 14.0 cm. x Width 2.5 cm. x Depth 1.9 cm.
- b - box sleeve - Size: Length 14.0 cm. x Width 2.5 cm. x Depth 1.9 cm.
- c - pipette - Size: Length 13.5 cm. x Diam. 1.0 cm.
- Provenance
- Belonged to Dr. C.M. Bracken
- Maker
- Richards Glass Co., Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1920
- 1930
- circa 1920-1930
- Date Remarks
- style of packaging and line drawing
- Material
- glass: clear
- rubber: rust
- pasteboard: yellow; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on all four sides of the box starting with drawing: FITTED WITH THE BEST // QUALITY
- LARGE // SIZE NIPPLE // "RIGO" EYE PIPETTE // NOTE THE ROUND END //; "Round Ball Point will
- not injure the eye. // Prescribed by all the Leading Eye Specialists."; "RICHARDS GLASS CO.,
- Limited // TORONTO, CANADA // Everything the Druggist needs in Glass"; "Absolutely the Best
- Dropper on the Market. // Don't take Chances with a Cheap Medicine Dropper. // Satisfaction
- Guaranteed."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-E4-8
- Condition Remarks
- Box has one end open but attached; shows wear & grime; glass pipette has small traces of residue; #2: box was dusty, and the paper in one corner of the box had been torn, 0.7 cm x 0.6 cm; #3: rubber is stiff; glass is dirty; #4: rubber requires special treatment.
- Reference Types
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- CD #6
- Exhibit History
- October 5, 2001 - Sept. 2002: Bracken Library, Botterell Hall, C.M. Bracken exhibit
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- Dates
- 1920
- 1930
- circa 1920-1930
- Collection
- Dr. C. M. Bracken Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Ophthalmology
- Accession Number
- 993004098
- Description
- Clear glass eye pipette with deteriorated rubber bulb squashed semi-flat has several medicinal residue stains inside tubing; similar to #993.004.097
- Accession Number
- 993004098
- Collection
- Dr. C. M. Bracken Collection
- Category
- Diagnostic & Treatment Artifacts
- Classification
- Ophthalmology
- Description
- Clear glass eye pipette with deteriorated rubber bulb squashed semi-flat has several medicinal residue stains inside tubing; similar to #993.004.097
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Part Names
- a - pipette - Size: Length 7.0 cm. x Diam. 0.7 cm.
- b - pipette + bulb - Size: Length 10.0 cm.
- Provenance
- Belonged to Dr. C.M. Bracken
- Dates
- 1920
- 1930
- circa 1920-1930
- Date Remarks
- deterioration of rubber bulb
- Material
- glass: clear
- rubber: black
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-E4-8
- Condition Remarks
- Rubber deteriorated; #2: rubber has melted and is sticking to glass; #3: severe rubber damage.
graduated medicine glass
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact10656
- Dates
- 1956
- 1969
- circa 1956-1969
- Collection
- Dennis and Brenda Marsden Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Accession Number
- 003050037 a-b
- Description
- A graduated medicine glass (a) in a cardboard box (b).
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- Accession Number
- 003050037 a-b
- Collection
- Dennis and Brenda Marsden Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Description
- A graduated medicine glass (a) in a cardboard box (b).
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - glass - Size: Length 9.1 cm x Diam. 5.6 cm
- b - box - Size: Length 9.2 cm x Width 5.8 cm x Depth 5.8 cm
- Provenance
- Found in a cabinet in the donors' basement after they bought the house from John Briscoe of Briscoe's pharmacy which was located at 229 Princess Street in Kingston from 1954 to 1966; it is likely that Briscoe acquired the collection during his career as a pharmacists; Cleland's pharmacy was open from 1956 until 1969 located at 100 Princess Street.
- Dates
- 1956
- 1969
- circa 1956-1969
- Date Remarks
- According to the city directories Cleland's pharmacy was open from 1956 until 1969.
- Material
- glass: clear
- cardboard: white, blue
- Inscriptions
- "CLELAND'S // PHARMACY // PRESCRIPTIONS // DIAL 548-3044 // KINGSTON" printed on one side of the glass with a "D" embossed on the base; graduated numbers on the other side; "No. 60 // "Rigo" // GRADUATED // MEDICINE GLASS // Thin Blown" printed on the box top with other information printed on the sides
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-5
- Condition Remarks
- Like new
- Reference Types
- Book
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- Kingston City Directories; CD #9
- Research Facts
- John Briscoe took over Bishop's Drugs Ltd in 1954; Bishop owned another store at 528 Princess Street from 1946 to 1954 and it had been a drug store under other ownership from 1923 until 1946; this is a possible origin of some of the collection.
Images
graduated medicine glass
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact10657
- Dates
- 1956
- 1969
- circa 1956-1969
- Collection
- Dennis and Brenda Marsden Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Accession Number
- 003050038 a-b
- Description
- A graduated medicine glass (a) in a cardboard box (b).
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- Accession Number
- 003050038 a-b
- Collection
- Dennis and Brenda Marsden Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Description
- A graduated medicine glass (a) in a cardboard box (b).
- Number Of Parts
- 2
- Part Names
- a - glass - Size: Length 9.1 cm x Diam. 5.6 cm
- b - box - Size: Length 9.2 cm x Width 5.8 cm x Depth 5.8 cm
- Provenance
- Found in a cabinet in the donors' basement after they bought the house from John Briscoe of Briscoe's pharmacy which was located at 229 Princess Street in Kingston from 1954 to 1966; it is likely that Briscoe acquired the collection during his career as a pharmacists; Cleland's pharmacy was open from 1956 until 1969 located at 100 Princess Street.
- Dates
- 1956
- 1969
- circa 1956-1969
- Date Remarks
- According to the city directories Cleland's Pharmacy was open from 1956 to 1969.
- Material
- glass: clear
- cardboard: white, blue
- Inscriptions
- "CLELAND'S // PHARMACY // PRESCRIPTIONS // DIAL 548-3044 // KINGSTON" printed on one side of the glass with a "D" embossed on the base; graduated numbers on the other side; "No. 60 // "Rigo" // GRADUATED // MEDICINE GLASS // Thin Blown" printed on the box top with other information printed on the sides
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-5
- Condition Remarks
- Like new
- Reference Types
- Book
- JPG
- Reference Comments
- Kingston City Directories; CD #9
- Research Facts
- John Briscoe took over Bishop's Drugs Ltd in 1954; Bishop owned another store at 528 Princess Street from 1946 to 1954 and it had been a drug store under other ownership from 1923 until 1946; this is a possible origin of some of the collection.
Images
graduated medicine spoon
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14446
- Dates
- 1920
- 1950
- circa 1920-1950
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- Accession Number
- 016001051
- Description
- Oval clear glass graduated medicine spoon with circular handle, flat bottom and deep curved edges; spoon bowl is uncovered; bottom is embossed with a manufacturers logo of intertwined T and W; one side of the exterior of spoon bowl is embossed with 'table, dessert, tea' for type of measurements; in…
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- Accession Number
- 016001051
- Collection
- Roeder and Szuck Collection
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- MeSH Heading
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- MM= Administration Drug, Oral -- medicine spoon
- Weights and Measures
- Pharmacy -- instrumentation
- Description
- Oval clear glass graduated medicine spoon with circular handle, flat bottom and deep curved edges; spoon bowl is uncovered; bottom is embossed with a manufacturers logo of intertwined T and W; one side of the exterior of spoon bowl is embossed with 'table, dessert, tea' for type of measurements; inside of the spoon bowl there are two lines used for measurement.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and Alice Roeder.
- Dates
- 1920
- 1950
- circa 1920-1950
- Date Remarks
- Research
- Material
- glass: clear
- Inscriptions
- Embossed on bottom: "GRADUATED MEDICINE SPOON // No 40", manufacturing logo; embossed on side of bowl "TABLE // DESSERT // TEA".
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-D1
- Length
- 9.5 cm
- Width
- 4.6 cm
- Height
- 2.8 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Copy Type
- original
- Reference Types
- Documents
- Book
- eBook
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Allison, Eileen Michael. Ceramic Invalid Feeders, Pap Boats, and Baby Bottles of the 19th & Twentieth Century. Canada: E.M. Allison, 1997.
- Bennion, Elisabeth. Antique Medical Instruments. London: Sotheby Parke Bernet Publications by Philip Wilsons Publications, 1979.
- Campbell, Gordon. The Grove Encyclopedia of Decorative Arts. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006. Accessed August 18, 2016. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195189483.001.0001/acref-9780195189483
- Atomic Mail, "Vintage Infant Feeder Dose Spoon Sipping Spoon Porcelain" Item Description http://www.atomicmall.com/view.php?id=Vintage-Infant-Feeder-Dose-Spoon-Sipping-Spoon-Porcelain_143237
- Ebay, "ANTIQUE GLASS GRADUATED MEDICINE SPOON NO 40 measure laboratory cooking baking" Item Description http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/antique-glass-graduated-medicine-spoon-no-40-measure-laboratory-cooking-baking-/281076838201
- Donor file
- Research Facts
- Collected by Maryanne Szuck and sister Alice Roeder, a retired nurse. The collection consists of various eras and types of invalid / infant feeders, infant milk bottles, medicine spoons, urinals and reference material.
- By the early 19th century medicinal spoons were becoming more accurate measuring devices. Normally made out of silver, or pewter these items usually had a cover and long spout for blowing the medicine through at the opposite end for administering medicine to the mentally unstable, elderly and invalids. By the mid 19th century, the design had evolved into small oval spoons, with a partial cover. The delicate handles normally had an elongated portion at the base to stabilize the spoon on flat surface. Initially produced in porcelain, these elaborately decorated spoons were then produced en masse in earthenware ceramic material and transfer pattern prints. This cheaper production cost meant this design was widely accessible and very popular for most social classes.
- These were also used to feed infants or dose medicine.
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graduated medicine spoon
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7291
- Dates
- 1920
- 1977
- 1920-1977
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- Accession Number
- 1977.22.1
- Description
- A silver-plated graduated medicine spoon with marks for one teaspoon and one dessert spoon; originally in the shape of a large dinnerware soup spoon and modified by shaping the handle to form a loop and inscribing the measurement lines.
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- Accession Number
- 1977.22.1
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- MeSH Heading
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- Pharmacy -- instrumentation
- MM= Commemorative and Association Items
- MM= Administration Drug, Oral -- medicine spoon
- Description
- A silver-plated graduated medicine spoon with marks for one teaspoon and one dessert spoon; originally in the shape of a large dinnerware soup spoon and modified by shaping the handle to form a loop and inscribing the measurement lines.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: American Collectors of Infant Feeders (USA).
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1920
- 1977
- 1920-1977
- Material
- metal: silver
- Inscriptions
- Engraved in the bowl: "A. C. I. F. // TORONTO '77 // DES. // TEA."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-3
- Length
- 13.3 cm
- Width
- 4.3 cm
- Depth
- 2.7 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- #2: tarnished
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- A member of the American Collectors of Infant Feeders bought a job lot of these spoons from an old drugstore and gave them to members attending the annual meeting held in Toronto July, 1977.
- Similar item: Dose measuring medicine spoon from Rexall drug stores which numbered 12,000 at its peak from 1920-1977. On the curved handle it reads REXALL DOSE MEASURING MEDICINE SPOON. Written on the top of the handle is "2 Teaspoons = 1 Dessert Spoon, and 4 Teaspoons = 1 Tablespoon. In the bowl of the spoon is "To outside line one correct teaspoon" and "To inside line Correct Half Teaspoon".
Images
graduated medicine spoon
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7565
- Dates
- 1975
- 1979
- circa 1975-1979
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Home Health Care
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- Accession Number
- 1979.14.1
- Description
- Blue translucent plastic "Ezy Dose Spoon" with a hollow handle with measurement lines on handle for fractions of a teaspoon up to 2 teaspoon, along with the equivalent numbers in ml.
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- Accession Number
- 1979.14.1
- Classification
- Pharmacy, General
- Patient Care
- Treatment, General
- MeSH Heading
- Administration, Oral -- instrumentation
- Pharmacy -- instrumentation
- Weights and Measures
- MM= Administration Drug, Oral -- medicine spoon
- Description
- Blue translucent plastic "Ezy Dose Spoon" with a hollow handle with measurement lines on handle for fractions of a teaspoon up to 2 teaspoon, along with the equivalent numbers in ml.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mrs. T. G. H. Drake.
- Maker
- Quanteron, Inc.
- Site Made (City)
- Minneapolis
- Site Made (State)
- Minnesota
- Site Made (Country)
- United States of America
- Dates
- 1975
- 1979
- circa 1975-1979
- Material
- plastic: translucent blue
- Inscriptions
- On handle: "2 // TSP // 1 1/2 7 1/2 // TSP ML // 1 5 // TSP ML // 3/4 // 1/2 2 1/2 // TSP ML // 1/4"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-3
- Length
- 12.7 cm
- Width
- 2.5 cm
- Height
- 2.4 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- Bought in a local Boots drugstore
Images
medication cup
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact782
- Dates
- 1920
- circa 1920
- Collection
- Dr. H. C. Mabee Collection
- Category
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Patient Care
- Accession Number
- 992053001
- Description
- Embossed measurements are on side of clear glass "dose glass"; measurements are in several types = oz. // cc // Table, dessert, tea
- Accession Number
- 992053001
- Collection
- Dr. H. C. Mabee Collection
- Category
- Patient Care Artifacts
- Classification
- Patient Care
- Description
- Embossed measurements are on side of clear glass "dose glass"; measurements are in
- several types = oz. // cc // Table, dessert, tea
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Belonged to Dr. H.C. Mabee
- Dates
- 1920
- circa 1920
- Material
- glass: clear; orange
- Inscriptions
- Printed in orange: "MAGNOLAX" + corp. symbols // DOSE GLASS
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A8-5
- Dimension Notes
- Length: 6.2 cm. x Diam. : 4.8 cm.