Square amber glass bottle with long cylindrical neck and a screw top lip; the bottle has a printed paper label attached to the front which lists product information; there is also an outer wrapper of beige wax paper covering the bottle with a maroon paper seal at the top; there is another small pap…
Square amber glass bottle with long cylindrical neck and a screw top lip; the bottle has a printed paper label attached to the front which lists product information; there is also an outer wrapper of beige wax paper covering the bottle with a maroon paper seal at the top; there is another small paper label just above the other label; the bottle is full of Concentrated Laxative Oil Mixture and is sealed with a black metal screw-top lid which does not come off.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Donated to the Museum by Neil C. Davis -- Mr. Davis originally intended to give this bottle to Dr. M. Chiong for his patent medicine collection.
White paper label reads,"Concentrated // Laxative Oil Mixture // July 24th / 45 // N. C. POLSON & CO. // LIMITED // ESTABLISHED 1877 // WHOLESALE DRUGGISTS // MONTREAL 1945"; small red paper label reads, "AGITEZ LA BOUTEILLE // SHAKE WELL BEFORE USING"; paper seal at the top reads, "N. C. POLSON & CO., LIMITED // STANDARD // PHARMACEUTICAL // PRODUCTS // ESTABLISHED 1877 // MONTREAL"; bottle back embossed, "16 FL. OZ."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-2 Row A
Dimension Notes
Length: 19.5 cm. x Width: 6.6 cm. x Depth: 6.6 cm.
Condition Remarks
Bottle is unopened and still has its original outer wrapper with paper seal; the wrapper is ripped in two places; the bottle, lid and paper label have no damage
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Reference Comments
"Bottles" by Michael Polak, p. 19; there are three binders of information on the N. C. Polson Company with Dr. Chiong's written records
Research Facts
After having studied at Queen’s University, Neil C. Polson established a drug business in Kingston in 1877. N.C. Polson & Co. became widely known across North America as a druggist and chemical manufacturer. One of their products, Catarrhozone, was widely advertised as an inhaled germ-killer and remedy for all respiratory ailments. The Vapor treatment was meant to be dropped onto a small piece of wool held inside the portable wood inhaler, then inhaled periodically through the mouth.
Their trade covered Canada, the U.S. and the West Indies.
The firm was established by Neil Polson Sr. in 1877, owned a wholesale drug and manufacturing chemist house in Kingston, Ontario. and was taken over by his two sons, Neil Jr. and Henry. They made medicines under the name of Polson Co., the Catarrhozone and Nerviline. Polson went on to become mayor of Kingston in 1893.