Rockwood / Kingston Psychiatric Hospital / Providence Continuing Care Centre Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
003044006 a-b
Description
A thick brown covered hardcover book (a) entitled "The Dispensatory of the United States of America: Twentieth Edition"; 2010 pages; one page insert (b) in the book entitled "Table of Metric Doses"
A thick brown covered hardcover book (a) entitled "The Dispensatory of the United States of America: Twentieth Edition"; 2010 pages; one page insert (b) in the book entitled "Table of Metric Doses"
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - book - Size: Length 26.6 cm x Width 20.0 x Depth 11.2 cm
b - insert - Size: Length 23.7 cm x Width 16.8 cm
Provenance
Owned by the Nursing Alumnae of Kingston Psychiatric Hospital; was probably originally the property of Dr. E. A. Clark.
The publishing date for this edition is 1918 and the date June 13, 1918 is written in ink on the first page.
Material
paper: white, tan
vinyl: brown
ink: black, blue
Inscriptions
Printed on the spine (a): "UNITED STATES // DISPENSATORY // TWENTIETH EDITION // REMINGTON & WOOD // J. B. LIPINCOTT CO"; stamped on the inner cover and first page: "DR. E. A. CLARK" "A. J. Kilgour // June 13 / 18" signed on the first page
printed on (b) "Table of Metric Doses // with Approximate Apothecary Equivalents // The approximate dose equivalents in the following table represent // the quantities which would be prescribed, under identical conditions, // by physicians trained respectively in the metric or in the apothecary // system of weights and measures: // LIQUID MEASURE // Approximate Apothecary // Equivalents // WEIGHT // Approximate Apothecary // Equivalents // Compliments of MERCK & CO., Rahway, New Jersey // MERCK PRESCRIPTION CHEMICALS"
Permanent Location
(a) Storage Room 2005
2005-5-2
(b) Storage Room 2005
2005-2-2 Box #8
Condition Remarks
The printing on the spine is faded; the cover is worn and the pages are yellowed; the insert has some damage around the edges.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Internet
Reference Comments
Internet: "The Dispensatory of the United States of America"
Research Facts
This book is considered the "ultimate authority in pharmacy in its era"; it was edited by Joseph P. Remington and Horatio C. Wood; the original edition came out in 1833.
Exhibit History
Museum exhibit, "Portraying the Profession," August 2007.