Rectangular thick brown glass bottle with a slightly concave bottom and mould seams on opposite corners, left to right; the bottle has straight, squared sides that taper sharply over rounded shoulders to a short, wide neck with a distinct moulded lip in the middle and moulded screw threadings aroun…
Rectangular thick brown glass bottle with a slightly concave bottom and mould seams on opposite corners, left to right; the bottle has straight, squared sides that taper sharply over rounded shoulders to a short, wide neck with a distinct moulded lip in the middle and moulded screw threadings around the bottle opening; cap missing.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used either by Dr. C.H. Bird or by Dr. Godfrey Bird, of Gananoque, Ont.
Known as E. B. Shuttleworth Company between 1900 and 1906
Material
glass: brown
paper: orange; brown; white
Inscriptions
Printed label on front reads, "ESTD 1879 // C.C.T. No. 57 // Ammonium Chloride // 5 Grains // E.B.S. // For use in acidifying urine prior to // treatment with Formin or Mandelol, // E.B.S. // Also useful in Tonsillitis and in- // flamed conditions of the throat // Control: H32380 // THE E.B. SHUTTLEWORTH // CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED // MANUFACTURING CHEMISTS // TORONTO, CANADA // 1000 // Tablets"; embossed on bottom: "61944 // D"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A5-1
Dimension Notes
Length 21.5 cm x Width 8.0 cm x Depth 5.0 cm
Condition Remarks
Front paper label is slightly discoloured
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Article
Reference Comments
"The Ontario Drug Store and Druggist List," by Glen C. Phillips, Iron Gate Publishing, Sarnia, 1989, p. 209
Ernst W. Stieb, "Edward Buckingham SHUTTLEWORTH 1842-1934," Pharmacy in History , 1970, Vol. 12, No. 3 (1970), pp. 91-116. https://www.jstor.org/stable/41108658
Research Facts
Edward Buckingham Shuttleworth created the E. B. Shuttleworth Chemical Company Limited in 1879 (the name was from 1896), and was the first director of the teaching faculty of the Ontario College of Pharmacy from 1882 to 1891. He was considered a pharmacist, educator, editor, author, artist, and bacteriologist. Shuttleworth lived into his nineties.