Full octagonal based transparent brown glass Ibaderm (I & B) bottle with non-removable cylindrical black plastic screw cap; nearly full white cream; base has slight push up and manufacturer information embossed; flat rectangular side walls with bevelled corners and one rectangular cream and navy pa…
Full octagonal based transparent brown glass Ibaderm (I & B) bottle with non-removable cylindrical black plastic screw cap; nearly full white cream; base has slight push up and manufacturer information embossed; flat rectangular side walls with bevelled corners and one rectangular cream and navy paper label with printed product information attached to front and one small label attached to proper left side; slightly round shoulders, short cylindrical neck, flat neck ring and cylindrical finish with external thread; mold lines from base to top and around neck and base; cap has domed top, curved grooves on sides, flat bottom edge, and internal 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, and “7” year code; presence of “V” prefixed mould number discontinued in the 1950s
Material
glass: clear
paper: cream
ink: navy
plastic: black
Inscriptions
Printed on front label: “PROFE[Illeg.] SAMPLE // INGRAM & BELL LIMITED // IBADERM // (I & B) // HAND LOTION // BODY RUB // EMOLLIENT // NON GREASY // FAST DRYING // An excellent body // rub for use in the // hospital and nursery // INGRAM & BELL // LIMITED // TORONTO // MONTREAL // WINNIPEG // CALGARY // VANCOUVER // 2 FL. OZS.”; printed on side label: “with // HEXACHLORPHENE”; embossed on bottom: “11 OZ. // D 7 // 5 // V-1254”
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A5-6 Box 5 Row A
Length
10.8 cm
Width
4.3 cm
Depth
2.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Minor fading and scratching all over front label; major abrasion to top of front label, obscuring text
Copy Type
original
Reference Types
Document
Document (online)
Website
Reference Comments
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
Ibaderm is an antiseptic hand lotion and body rub; it uses a combination of emollients to sooth and cool the skin and bacteriostatic hexachlorophene to stop the spread of bacteria; Ingram & Bell marketed the product to hospitals as a soothing alternative to rubbing alcohol for treatment of bed patients as well as for other skin discomfort.
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 Hamilton, Ontario factory; the progressive line system month code and “7” year code, along with “V” prefixed mould number discontinued in the 1950s, signify it was produced in 1966