Small round cardboard container of Dodd's Kidney Pills (a) with removable lid (b) and small one promotional sheet printed both sides (c) was folded up tight and placed under the container lid containing a description of the product and its instructions, and advertisements for other products, such a…
Small round cardboard container of Dodd's Kidney Pills (a) with removable lid (b) and small one promotional sheet printed both sides (c) was folded up tight and placed under the container lid containing a description of the product and its instructions, and advertisements for other products, such as Dodd's Antiseptic Healing Ointment, Scoot for Athlete's Foot, Hanson's Magic Corn Salve, Dodd's Dyspepsia Tablets, Diamond Dinner Pills, and Snug Denture Cushions; the container is covered with paper which has the product name and information printed on it in white and dark blue ink with a dark blue background at the top and the top of the sides, and a red background around the bottom of the sides; descriptive and instructive text is printed in English and in French both on the package and on the pamphlet; inside the container are approximately 35 red and pink pills, some of which are decomposing; the decomposing pills left pink residue on the pamphlet, mostly in the corners and on the horizontal centre line; there is a white rectangular sticker on the top of the container, obscuring the title, which reads "CURRY Drugs Brockville".
Number Of Parts
3
Part Names
a) box: Diameter 4.7 cm X Height 2.8 cm
b) lid: Diameter 4.7 cm X Height 1.5 cm
c) pamphlet: Length 15.3 cm X Width 15.2 cm
Provenance
Belonged to donor.
Maker
Dodds Medicine Co. Division - Fulford Dodds Limited
Based on the year Fulford Dodds Limited took over Dodd's Kidney Pills, and the year pharmaceutical companies became required in Canada to list the ingredients of a medicine on the package.
Material
paper: tan
ink: dark blue, white, red, purple
pills: red, pink
Inscriptions
Printed on container and lid from the top down (a,b) (together, the lid and container form one entity and the text runs over both in a non-separate manner): "Dodd's KIDNEY Pills" // 17 NHU // CURRY Drugs // Brockville // .75 Tx // TO OPEN - CUT HERE // LOT D 7153 // FOR OVER 70 YEARS A TREATMENT FOR URINARY AND BLADDER DISCOMFORT // FOR BACKACHE AND TIRED FEELING // DUE TO URINARY IRRITATION // AND BLADDER DISCOMFORT // NO. 4087 THE PROPRIETARY OR PATENT MEDICINE ACT // DODDS MEDICINE CO. DIVISION - FULFORD DODDS LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA // Dodd's Kidney Pills // Directions: Take one to three // pills, with a glass of water every // morning, noon and night, before or after // meals. Full directions inside. // DODDS MEDICINE CO. DIVISION - // FULFORD DODDS LIMITED // TORONTO, CANADA // Contents 35 pills".
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
(a, b) 0010-A2-6 Row A
(c - instructions) 0010 Advertising Binder C, 12 a
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Seven brown discolouration spots on bottom of container, pills stuck to the inside and slightly deteriorating, pink residue from pills staining corners and horizontal centre line of pamphlet.
Fulford Dodds Limited also produced the popular patent medicine, Dr. William's Pink Pills for Pale People.
By the 1970s, Dodd's Kidney Pills were made with ammonium chloride. Before this, they were made with potassium nitrate, sodium bicarbonate, soap, hard paraffin, wheat flour, powedered turmeric, jalap resin, and extract of cascarilla.
Dodds still existed as of 2008 as a patent medicine, though was no longer advertised as a kidney remedy, but relief of back pain and inflammation.