Cylindrical three ounce brown glass Lysol disinfectant bottle (a) with a paper label, a wide neck and a cork stopper with attached circular brown plastic top (b) with a raised centre; empty; closure hot glued to bottle so it cannot be removed and reduce emissions.
Cylindrical three ounce brown glass Lysol disinfectant bottle (a) with a paper label, a wide neck and a cork stopper with attached circular brown plastic top (b) with a raised centre; empty; closure hot glued to bottle so it cannot be removed and reduce emissions.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection; purchased in Montreal in Nov.1993.
Around edge of lid: "Lysol (Canada) Limited"; at centre of lid: "Lysol" script logo; inside lid: "M C // MADE IN USA // Lysol"
Printed on label left side: "AN EFFECTIVE // ANTISEPTIC // DIRECTIONS // DOUCHE: One teaspoonful of // "LYSOL" disinfectant to each // quart of warm water (one- // half per cent. solution). // RINGWORM OF THE FOOT: // One teaspoonful of "LYSOL" // to each quart of warm water // (one-half per cent. solution)"
Printe on centre label: "Lysol // Disinfectant // TRADE MARK "LYSOL" REGISTERED IN CANADA // REGISTRATION No. 706 P.C.P. ACT // A TAR-ACID DISINFECTANT // Guarantee: Phenol Coefficient 5 // Inert Ingredient: Water not more than 10 per cent. // "LYSOL" disinfectant is a concen- // trated product and must be diluted // with water according to detailed // directions enclosed with this bottle. // Manufactured and distributed by LEHN & FINK, // (CANADA) LIMITED, TORONTO, CANADA
Printed on right side of label: "AN IDEAL // DISINFECTANT // DIRECTIONS // DISINFECTION OF SICK ROOMS // Two tablespoonfuls of // "LYSOL" to each quart of water. // EVERYDAY CUTS, SCRATCHES // AND LACERATIONS: Two tea- // spoonfuls of "LYSOL" disin- // fectant to one pint of warm // water (2 per cent. solution):
Printed on bottom of label in white band: "CALL A DOCTOR IN CASE OF ACCIDENT // "LYSOL" disinfectant should be used only in the proper // dilutions. Poisonous if taken internally. If swallowed // accidentally, call a physician. Use any of the follow- // ing antidotes: Milk, raw egg white, lard, melted but- // ter, diluted alcohol (four ounces), epsom salts (one // ounce) followed immediately by an emetic (two to // CAUTION // POISON // four tablespoonfuls of [illegible due to torn label] stard stirred to a thick // cream in a [illegible due to torn label] ful of w[illegible due to torn label] water. Repeat three or // four times. [illegible due to torn label]tly administer albluminous drinks of // milk or whit[illegible due to torn label] eggs. [illegible due to torn label]illed on the skin, wash at // once with [illegible due to torn label]r; apply [illegible due to torn label]bing alcohol or olive oil // repeatedly [illegible due to torn label]fter wash[illegible due to torn label] dust with baking soda. // 1 FLUID // OUNCES // "LYSOL" is the registered trade mark of LEHN & FINK, (CANADA) LIMITED, and any use of it in connection // with products not manufactured by LEHN & FINK, (CANADA) LIMITED, constitutes infringement thereof. // MADE IN // CANADA"
Embossed into base of bottle: around edge "LEHN & FINK (CANADA) LIMITED // MADE IN CANADA" around "1" and a diamond with a capital "D" in the centre (from Dominion Glas Co.)
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A5-5 Box 4 Row A
Length
10.5 cm
Diameter
4.7 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
12 Mar 2024: hot glued the cavity inside the neck and reattached cork topper
March 2014: cork has broken off inside the bottle; white encrustations around interior of bottle neck and a strong smell coming from the bottle.
#1: Cork and interior of neck have white substance accumulated over surface; paper label slightly discoloured and stained in areas; #2: label discoloured, stained and nicked;
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
Abergel, Elisabeth Anne and Roderick John MacRae. Health and Sustainability in the Canadian Food System: Advocacy and Opportunity for Civil Society. Vancouver: UBC, 2012. (Page 136)
Research Facts
After the renaming of the Pest Control Products Act in 1939
Exhibit History
History of Contraception exhibit, Fraser-Armstrong 5, Kingston General Hospital; March 2004 - Case #2