Dr. Ralph and Mrs. Olga Crawford Canadian Dental Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, Pain
Accession Number
010020241 a-d
Description
Jiffy toothache drops bottle in box; rectangular white paper box (a) printed with red and black ink; box states product name, directions, medical ingredient, volume, manufacturer's information in English and French; orange price tag affixed to front of box; box contains brown wooden tooth picks; sq…
Jiffy toothache drops bottle in box; rectangular white paper box (a) printed with red and black ink; box states product name, directions, medical ingredient, volume, manufacturer's information in English and French; orange price tag affixed to front of box; box contains brown wooden tooth picks; square clear glass bottle (b) with white rectangular paper label affixed to front and printed with black and red ink; label states product name, directions, medical ingredient, volume, manufacturing information; bottle is half-way filled with brown liquid; bottle tapers at top to round opening; round black metal cap (d); white rectangular paper box (c) printed with black ink states product name, directions; box contains white cotton balls
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - box - Size: Length 10.0 cm x Width 2.6 cm x Depth 2.4 cm
b - bottle - Size: Length 4.0 cm x Width 1.8 cm x Depth 1.8 cm
c - box - Size: Length 4.6 cm x Width 2.0 cm x Depth 2.0 cm
d - cap - Size: Depth 0.7 cm x Diam. 1.5 cm
Provenance
Transfer from the Dental Canada Fund; previously housed in the Dentistry Canada Museum (Ottawa)
(a) Printed on front of box: "JIFFY // REG.PAT.CAN.OFFICE // TOOTHACHE // DROPS // RELIEVES // TOOTHACHE // DUE TO CAVITY // IN A // JIFFY // 7.75% Benzocaine // No. 16432 The Pro- // prietary or Patent // Medicine Act // Bottle Net Contents // 1 Fluid Dram // Block Drug Co. // (Canada) Limited // Toronto, Ont. M4B 3E3"; printed on price tag: "Regular Price // $ 73 // OUR PRICE // $ 64"; (b) printed on label: "Contents: 1 Fl. Dram // JIFFY // TOOTHACHE // DROPS // BENZOCAINE 7.75% // Proprietary or Patent Medicine Act 16432 // BLOCK DRUG COMPANY // (CANADA) LTD. // TORONTO, ONT. M4B 3E3"; (c) printed on box: "JIFFY // TOOTHACHE DROPS // JIFFY // GOUTTES CONTRE // LES MAUX DE DENTS // COTTON // PELLETS // BOULES // DE // COTON"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-6
Condition Remarks
Edges of boxes are very worn; box (a) missing flaps at top and bottom to close box
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
JPG
Reference Comments
CD #10
Research Facts
Dr Ralph and Mrs Olga Crawford donated their extensive Canadian dental collection to the DCF to create the museum in 1997; further donations were received while Dr Crawford was Curator Emeritus at the Dental Canada Museum until its closure in 2008