- All Records
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
Bliss Celebrated Golden Ointment
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7863
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1870-1910
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.246
- Description
- A round tin full of orange, spongy contents.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.246
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Tinea -- drug therapy
- Chilblains -- drug therapy
- Frostbite -- drug therapy
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- multi-purpose remedies -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- A round tin full of orange, spongy contents.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- H. C. Bliss
- Site Made (City)
- Hamilton
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1870-1910
- Material
- metal: yellow; black; brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on top of tin: "BLISS // CELEBRATED // GOLDEN OINTMENT // For Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Chap- // ped hands, Salt Rheum, Sore Lips, // Sore eyes, Ring Worm, Chilblains, // Corns, Frost Bites and Piles // Prepared by // H. C. BLISS // Hamilton."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row D
- Dimension Notes
- Depth 3.0 cm x Diam. 4.5 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Surface is scratched and rusty
- Copy Type
- Original
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Bliss' Celebrated Golden Ointment
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7864
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1870-1910
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.247
- Description
- A round tin full of orange, spongy contents.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.247
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Tinea -- drug therapy
- Chilblains -- drug therapy
- Frostbite -- drug therapy
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- multi-purpose remedies -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- A round tin full of orange, spongy contents.
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- H. C. Bliss
- Site Made (City)
- Hamilton
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1870
- 1910
- circa 1870-1910
- Material
- metal: yellow; black; brown
- Inscriptions
- Printed on top of tin: "BLISS // CELEBRATED // GOLDEN OINTMENT // For Sprains, Bruises, Burns, Chap- // ped hands, Salt Rheum, Sore Lips, // Sore eyes, Ring Worm, Chilblains, // Corns, Frost Bites and Piles // Prepared by // H. C. BLISS // Hamilton."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A
- Depth
- 3.0 cm
- Diameter
- 4.5 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Copy Type
- Original
- Exhibit History
- "When Medicine Met Science," Museum of Health Care, April 29, 2003 - 25 Jan 2017
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Carbolic Oil
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact14221
- Dates
- 1885
- 1915
- circa 1885-1915
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 014002091
- Description
- Transparent rectangular glass bottle of carbolic oil with sloped shoulders tapered at neck with red-wax sealed cork stuck in neck; full of transparent pale yellow liquid; cream paper label has the product's name, directions for use, and the manufacturer's name and address.
5 images
- Accession Number
- 014002091
- Collection
- Parks Canada Agency Pharmacy Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Wounds and Injuries
- Disinfection
- Antisepsis
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Phenol
- Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter multi-purpose cures -- container
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- Transparent rectangular glass bottle of carbolic oil with sloped shoulders tapered at neck with red-wax sealed cork stuck in neck; full of transparent pale yellow liquid; cream paper label has the product's name, directions for use, and the manufacturer's name and address.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Transferred from the Parks Canada Agency, via Gail Cariou of the Curatorial and Collections Branch.
- Maker
- N. C. Polson & Company
- Site Made (City)
- Kingston
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1885
- 1915
- circa 1885-1915
- Date Remarks
- Provided by donor
- Material
- glass: clear
- paper: cream
- ink: black
- cork: tan
- wax: red
- Inscriptions
- Printed on label: "Carbolic // Oil // HEALS: WOUNDS, // CUTS, ABRASIONS, // OLD SORES, INSECT // BITES ETC. // DRESS ONCE OR TWICE // DAILY, APPLYING TO // AFFECTED PARTS WITH // FEATHER OR BY SATUR- // ATING CLEAN, WELL // WORN COTTON // OR LINEN. // PREPARED BY // N. C. POLSON & CO. // ESTABLISHED 1877. // WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS. // KINGSTON, ONT."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A4-8 Box 5 Row D
- Dimension Notes
- Length 13.5 cm x Width 4.8 cm x Depth 2.1 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Paper is yellowed, brittle, with a minor tear along the label's bottom edge; quarter of wax seal is missing
- Copy Type
- Original
- Research Facts
- After having studied at Queen’s University, Neil C. Polson established a drug business in Kingston in 1877. N.C. Polson & Co. became widely known across North America as a druggist and chemical manufacturer. One of their products, Catarrhozone, was widely advertised as an inhaled germ-killer and remedy for all respiratory ailments. The Vapor treatment was meant to be dropped onto a small piece of wool held inside the portable wood inhaler, then inhaled periodically through the mouth.
- Their trade covered Canada, the U.S. and the West Indies.
- The firm was established by Neil Polson Sr. in 1877, owned a wholesale drug and manufacturing chemist house in Kingston, Ontario. and was taken over by his two sons, Neil Jr. and Henry. They made medicines under the name of Polson Co., the Catarrhozone and Nerviline. Polson went on to become mayor of Kingston in 1893.
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Chamberlain's Salve
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8357
- Dates
- 1890
- 1930
- 1890-1930
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1984.4.4
- Description
- An opaque white glass jar with a screw-on metal top.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1984.4.4
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- bottle
- Description
- An opaque white glass jar with a screw-on metal top.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: History of Medicine Museum collections.
- Maker
- Chamberlain Medicine Co. Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1890
- 1930
- 1890-1930
- Material
- glass: white
- metal: yellow; black; yellow
- Inscriptions
- Printed on top of metal lid: "CHAMBERLAIN'S // SALVE // FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN, // BURNS, SCALDS, FROST BITES, CHIL- // BLAINS, SORE NIPPLES, CHAPPED // HANDS, SORE LIPS, PILES, AND OLD // CHRONIC SORES. // PREPARED ONLY BY // CHAMBERLAIN MEDICINE CO. LIMITED // TORONTO, ONT. CANADA // PRICE 25 CENTS"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row D
- Dimension Notes
- Depth 4.0 cm x Diam. 5.0 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
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Directions for Using Chamberlain's Liniment [instructional booklet]
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact12823
- Dates
- 1900
- 1930
- circa 1900-1930
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- Accession Number
- 1977.12.207
- Description
- An informational booklet for using Chamberlain's Liniment; written in English, French, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Bohemian, Norwegian, and German; one paper folded in 3 places vertically.
2 images
- Accession Number
- 1977.12.207
- Category
- Archival Items
- Classification
- Archival, Publications
- MeSH Heading
- Pamphlets
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- multi-purpose cures
- Description
- An informational booklet for using Chamberlain's Liniment; written in English, French, Swedish, Spanish, Dutch, Italian, Bohemian, Norwegian, and German; one paper folded in 3 places vertically.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine
- Maker
- Chamberlain Medicine Co., Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1900
- 1930
- circa 1900-1930
- Material
- paper: cream
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on front cover: "DIRECTIONS FOR USING // CHAMBERLAIN'S LINIMENT"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 2005
- 2005-5-7 Binder A
- Length
- 25.4 cm
- Width
- 14.9 cm
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Paper is extremely embrittled and yellowed; extensive tears and losses; various stains and creases; adhesive and adhesive residue
- Copy Type
- Original
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Dr. Agnew's Ointment
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8002
- Dates
- 1910
- 1930
- circa 1910-1930
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.75
- Description
- Square, red cardboard box with black printing contains a tin of ointment for skin conditions.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.75
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- Square, red cardboard box with black printing contains a tin of ointment for skin conditions.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Anglo-American Medicine Co.
- Site Made (City)
- Chicago; Toronto; London
- Site Made (State)
- Illinois, Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- USA / Canada / England
- Dates
- 1910
- 1930
- circa 1910-1930
- Material
- cardboard: red; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on box: "Dr. Agnew's // OINTMENT // Relieves in one day and cures // Piles, Tetter, Salt Rheum, // Scald Head, Eczema, // Barber's Itch, Ulcers, Blotches, // Ring Worms and all // Roughness, Eruptions and defects // of the Skin // PRICE 15 CENTS // Anglo-American Medicine Co. // Chicago Toronto London, Eng."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row B
- Dimension Notes
- Length 5.8 cm x Width 5.4 cm x Depth 2.8 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Unopened; box is torn and worn at the corners.
- Copy Type
- Original
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Dr. Agnew's Ointment
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8003
- Dates
- 1910
- 1930
- circa 1910-1930
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.76
- Description
- Square, red cardboard box with black printing contains a tin of ointment for skin conditions.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.76
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- Square, red cardboard box with black printing contains a tin of ointment for skin conditions.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Anglo-American Medicine Co.
- Site Made (City)
- Chicago; Toronto; London
- Site Made (State)
- Illinois, Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- USA / Canada / England
- Dates
- 1910
- 1930
- circa 1910-1930
- Material
- cardboard: red; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on box: "Dr. Agnew's // OINTMENT // Relieves in one day and cures // Piles, Tetter, Salt Rheum, // Scald Head, Eczema, // Barber's Itch, Ulcers, Blotches, // Ring Worms and all // Roughness, Eruptions and defects // of the Skin // PRICE 15 CENTS // Anglo-American Medicine Co. // Chicago Toronto London, Eng."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-8 Row B
- Dimension Notes
- Length 5.8 cm x Width 5.4 cm x Depth 2.8 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Unopened; box is torn.
- Copy Type
- Original
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Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact8421
- Dates
- 1900
- 1930
- 1900-1930
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1986.11.1
- Description
- Cylindrical yellow metal tin containing Dr. A. W. Chase's antiseptic ointment.
3 images
- Accession Number
- 1986.11.1
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Eczema -- drug therapy
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- Cylindrical yellow metal tin containing Dr. A. W. Chase's antiseptic ointment.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. T. Porter of Toronto.
- Maker
- Edmanson Bates and Co. Ltd.
- Site Made (City)
- Oakville
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1900
- 1930
- 1900-1930
- Material
- metal: yellow
- ink: black
- Inscriptions
- Printed in centre on lid of tin is a drawing of Dr. Chase (presumably); arranged around it are the words, "DR. A. W. CHASE'S // ANTISEPTIC // [drawing] // SOOTHING – HEALING // OINTMENT // NO. 4973 THE PROPRIETARY OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT. 3/4 OF 1% CARBOLIC ACID" on the bottom: "DR. CHASE'S // OINTMENT // For Eczema, Hemorrhoids or Piles and // other Irritations of the skin, Poisoned // Skin, Insect Strings, Inflamed Eyelids, Bar- // bers's Itch, Sore Feet and Toes, etc. // Manufactured by // EDMANSON BATES & CO., LIMITED // Sole Distributors // The DR. A. W. CHASE MEDICINE Co., Ltd. // Toronto, Canada // Indications completes en francais dans // la circulaire au toue de la voite."
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-6 Row E
- Depth
- 2.0
- Diameter
- 4.7
- Unit Of Measure
- centimeters
- Condition Remarks
- Minor discolourization
- Copy Type
- Original
- Reference Types
- Internet
- Reference Comments
- Dr. A. W. Chase's Ointment. National Museum of American History.
- Why the appeal? A study of almanacs advertising Dr. Chase's patent medicines, 1904–1959. Denise Maines.
- Research Facts
- The indications or uses for this product as provided by the manufacturer are: Is an antiseptic, soothing and healing treatment for every form of itching skin diesease, eczema, salt rheum, itching, bleeding and protruding piles, pimples, black-heads, old sores, poisoned skin, hives, insect bites, inflamed eyelids, itch, barber's itch, sore feet and toes, chilblains and frostbites.
- Patent medicines were advertised, and presumably consumed, with much vigour in the late-19th and early-20th centuries.
- In 1904, the original product line included Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, Liver Cure, Backache Plasters, Ointment, Catarrh Cure, Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine and Kidney-Liver Pills. Somewhere between 1924 and 1927, Dr. Chase's Liniment was added to this list, and Mouthwash was sold between 1927 and 1938. Paradol, a painkiller, was introduced in the 1950s and D.M.H Cough Syrups, Cold Tablets and Enerjets emerged in 1959. Though Backache Plasters were not advertised in the 1930s, they were included in the 1950s, so that the list of medicines sold by Dr. Chase's Medicine Company in 1959 contains all of the original product line with only minor modifications to a few of these products, as well as the new arrivals.
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Dr. Bovel's Herb and Gum Salve
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7866
- Dates
- 1900
- 1930
- circa 1900-1930
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.249
- Description
- A round tin containing a salve.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.249
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Dermatology
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Eczema -- drug therapy
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- multi-purpose remedies -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- A round tin containing a salve.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Bovel Mfg. Co.
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1900
- 1930
- circa 1900-1930
- Material
- metal: yellow; red; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on tin: "DR. BOVEL'S // HERB // AND // GUM SALVE // FOR BURNS, CUTS, SCALDS, CHAPPED HANDS, // ECZEMA, PIMPLES, PILES, CORNS, SORES, ETC. // PRICE 25¢ PER BOX // WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD // INVALUABLE AS A HOUSEHOLD REMEDY // PREPARED ONLY BY // BOVEL MFG. CO. // [illeg.]"
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-6 Row E
- Temporary Location
- On exhibit “Quack: The Exhibit that cures all” at Museum of Health Care, 29 June 2017.
- Dimension Notes
- Depth 2.0 cm x Diam. 4.6 cm
- Condition Remarks
- Bottom is scratched
- Copy Type
- Original
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Dr. Cowan's Herbal Ointment
https://mhc.andornot.com/en/permalink/artifact7870
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Collection
- University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.252
- Description
- A round tin full of a salve.
1 image
- Accession Number
- 1980.18.252
- Category
- Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
- Classification
- Pharmacy, Other
- MeSH Heading
- Drugs, Non-Prescription
- Hemorrhoids -- drug therapy
- MM= Drugs -- topical balms, lotions
- MM= Drugs -- patent, proprietary, over-the-counter -- container
- MM= Drug Packaging -- container -- tin
- Description
- A round tin full of a salve.
- Number Of Parts
- 1
- Provenance
- Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mr. Dean Charters.
- Maker
- Griffiths & Macpherson Co.
- Site Made (City)
- Toronto
- Site Made (State)
- Ontario
- Site Made (Country)
- Canada
- Dates
- 1800
- 1899
- 1800-1899
- Date Remarks
- Original record had "19c."
- Material
- metal: green; black
- Inscriptions
- Printed on the lid: "NATURES REMEDY // DR. COWAN'S // HERBAL OINTMENT // "FOR THE HEALING // OF THE NATION." // THE GRIFFITHS & MACPHERSON // MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS // TORONTO, CANADA // PRICE 50 // CTS"; directions engraved on bottom of tin.
- Permanent Location
- Storage Room 0010
- 0010-A2-6 Row D
- Temporary Location
- On exhibit “Quack: The Exhibit that cures all” at Museum of Health Care, 29 June 2017.
- Dimension Notes
- Depth 2.4 cm x Diam. 5.4 cm
- Copy Type
- Original
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