Cylindrical semi-transparent brown glass bottle containing Sodium Chloride C. P. with non-removable cylindrical black plastic screw cap; half full with fine white crystals; base has slight circular push up, stippled outer ring, and manufacturer information embossed; straight side walls with cream a…
Cylindrical semi-transparent brown glass bottle containing Sodium Chloride C. P. with non-removable cylindrical black plastic screw cap; half full with fine white crystals; base has slight circular push up, stippled outer ring, and manufacturer information embossed; straight side walls with cream and navy paper label with printed product information attached to front; round shoulders taper to short cylindrical neck, round neck ring and cylindrical finish with continuous external thread; mold lines from base to top and around neck and base; cap has flat top, repeating pattern of vertical lines on sides, circular white paper insert in interior top, and internal continuous thread.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Received from anonymous donor via Kingston General Hospital Public Affairs.
Presence of Dominion Glass Company diamond logo, line month code, Bramalea factory mark, and “6” year code; presence of Ingram & Bell logo discontinued in late 1960s (at least 1968)
Material
glass: brown
paper: cream, white
ink: navy, black
plastic: black
Inscriptions
Printed on label: “INGRAM & BELL LIMITED // SODIUM CHLORIDE C. P. // INGRAM & BELL // LIMITED // TORONTO // MONTREAL // WINNIPEG // CALGARY // VANCOUVER”; stamped on label in black ink: “822239”; embossed on bottom: “D 6 // 60 // 9”
Ingram & Bell Limited. Pharmaceutical Catalogue, 1964.
MDS Inc. “Mds Inc. Annual Information Form for the Year Ended October 31, 2002.” MDS Inc., 2003.
“Cardinal Health Canada Inc.” Canadian Business Resource, Canadian Newspaper Services International Limited, 2019. Accessed 7 August 2019.
Miller, George and Elizabeth A. Jorgensen. “Some Notes on Bottle Mould Numbers from the Dominion Glass Company and its Predecessors.” Parks Canada, 1984.
Research Facts
Sodium chloride is the chemical name for common salt; it is important to overall health because it acts as an electrolyte that controls the amount of water in the body; it is often used to replace sodium lost due to dehydration or low sodium levels for other reasons; also used clean a variety of small wounds and clear sinuses.
Ingram & Bell Limited was a medical supply company first established in Toronto in 1905; the company became a Canadian leader in the distribution of medical products; their wide selection included equipment, surgical tools, and pharmaceuticals; as the company grew, they established branches in Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, and Vancouver; became Ingram & Bell Inc. and 49% owned by MDS in 1986; MDS acquired 100% in 1993; became Source Medical Corporation after merger with Allegiance Healthcare Canada Inc. in 1997; acquired by Cardinal Health Canada Inc. in 2005.
The D in diamond symbol and date codes embossed on the bottom indicates the bottle itself was made by Canadian glass manufacturer Dominion Glass Company in the Bramalea, Ontario factory established in 1960s; the progressive line system month code and “6” year code, along with Ingram & Bell logo on product label, signify it was produced in 1966.