University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy
Home Health Care
Motion Sickness
Classification
Pharmacy
Home Health Care
Motion Sickness
Nausea -- drug therapy
Vomiting -- drug therapy
Antiemetics
Accession Number
1999.3.100 a-d
Description
Small narrow paper container (c) holds small narrow blue round plastic container (a) and tan plastic round cap (c) inside filled with ten flat circular pale pink tablets; cap is loose as it no longer fits into the plastic pill container.
Small narrow paper container (c) holds small narrow blue round plastic container (a) and tan plastic round cap (c) inside filled with ten flat circular pale pink tablets; cap is loose as it no longer fits into the plastic pill container.
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a: bottle - Length 3.8 cm x Diam. 1.5 cm
b: cap - Length 1.5 cm x Diam. 1.3 cm
c: box - Length 5.7 cm x Width 1.8 cm x Depth 1.8 cm
Printed on front of box: "KWELLS // Prevent Travel Sickness // SEA, AIR, CAR or TRAIN // Empêche d’être malade en // BATEAU, AVION, AUTO OU train"
On top of box: "DOSE: One tablet one hour before likely onset of sickness: // if necessary, take further doses of one tablet at 4 to 6 hour // intervals. // CHILDREN OVER 7: Half the adult dose. UNDER 7: As // prescribed by a doctor. // Not more than 3 tablets (children over 7 one and a half tablets) // to be taken in 24 hours."
On back of box: "CONTENTS: 10 Tablets each containing // CONTENU: 10 Tablettes contenant chacune // Hyoscine hydro- // bromide 0.005 // grain (0.11%) // To conform with the Pharmacy Act, this tube is labelled “POISON.”-Pour se conformer à la Loi de la Pharmacie, // tube est étiqueté “POISON.” // E GRIFFITHS HUGHES LTD., MANCHESTER, ENGLAND."
On bottom of box: "ADULTES: 1 tablette environ 1 heure avant les premieres // malaises; 1 autre au bout de 4 à 6 heures, si c’est nécessaire // ENFANTS: La moitié de la dose pour adultes. (Au-dessous // de 7 ans, consultez votre medécin.) // Ne pas prendre plus 3 tablettes par 24 heures // (Enfants, au-dessus de 7 ans, 1½ tablettes.)"
On sides: "MADE IN ENGLAND"
Embossed on cap: "KWELLS"
Printed on instruction sheet: "KWELLS // for the prevention of // TRAVEL SICKNESS // Sea - Air - Car - Train // War-time research evolved for our // invasion troops a formula which pro - // vided a positive measure of protection // against sea and air-sickness. To-day, // KWELLS brings you the benefit of that // formula in its peace-time dress. With // KWELLS you have the comforting and // definite assurance that 'travel-sickness', // with all its distress and embarrassment, // is a disability that no longer be //endured. // Here is a safe and effective remedy // not only for sea-sickness, but for air, // train and car sickness, too."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-3 Row C
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Measured instructions open flat
Condition Remarks
Surface edges show minor wear; screw cap on bottle doesn't stay in vial; paper with multifolds
This product was produced to help people who suffer from motion sickness. The main component is hyoscine hydrobromide, which is also known as scopolamine, which is a type of medicine known as "anticholinergics" or "antimuscarinics." The way in which it affects motion sickness is not fully understood, but it is believed to block messages to the brain from the inner ear.