Empty heavy white circular glass pharmacy bottle (a) with a plastic screw on cap (b) and a paper label.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - bottle - Size: Length 7.0 cm x Diam. 4.2 cm
b - stopper - Size: Length 1.8 cm x Diam. 4.7 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.
Dates
1890
1959
circa 1890-1959
Date Remarks
Internet
Material
glass: white
plastic: white
paper: white
ink: blue
Inscriptions
"Acriflavina" is printed on the label
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-7
Condition Remarks
Fine
Reference Types
Websites
Book
Reference Comments
Kingston City Directories;
"U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management" Website
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.
Taken by Intravenous injection or applied topically. Used as antiseptic, to treat sleeping sickness and viral infections. Anti-bacterial. Also known as Acriflavine. Dye (stains skin) obtained from coal tar. Used to kill parasites that cause sleeping sickness in World War I.