Cylindrical wooden pellet container with removable lid; the container originally held stomach and liver pellets (now empty); there is a red paper label which covers the entire container except the lid and bottom.
Cylindrical wooden pellet container with removable lid; the container originally held stomach and liver pellets (now empty); there is a red paper label which covers the entire container except the lid and bottom.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a - medicine container - Size: Length 5.9 cm. x Width 1.5 cm.
b - lid - Size: Length 1.1 cm. x Diameter1.5 cm.
Provenance
Purchased by Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection; purchased in Kingston in Feb. 1994.
Label reads, "LITTLE LIVER PELLETS // A Safe, Active, Small // , Purely Vegetable // Sugarcoated Pellet for Disorders of the // STOMACH AND LIVER // SICK HEADACHE, BILIOUSNESS // CONSTIPATION, DIZZINESS, ETC. // DOSE -- One to Three at Bedtime // contents listed. // J.E. Campbell & Co. // Druggists and Stationers // Hepworth -- Ont."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A2-3 Row D
Condition Remarks
Wooden container has very minor staining on lid; the paper label is complete, legible, and undamaged.
Copy Type
Original
Research Facts
For use on stomach and liver complaints -- headaches, biliousness, constipation, dizziness, etc.
Exhibit History
May 24 - Sept. 13, 2001: Agnes Etherington Art Centre Museopathy exhibit