A cardboard box wrapped in plastic; box contains dried plant material and is covered on top, front and back with a paper label.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis
Dates
1900
1925
circa 1900-1925
Date Remarks
Cited in Parke, Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection
Material
cardboard: brown
plastic: clear
paper: beige-brown; black; red
Inscriptions
Top: "SKUNK CABBAGE // Symplocarpus fœtidus, Salisb. // No. 242 // C610702 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. //WALKERVILLE, // ONTARIO, CAN."; front: "SYNONYMS - Polecat-weed, Skunk- // weed, Swamp Cabbage, Eng.; Racine // de pothos fétida, Fr.; Stinkend // Drachenwurzel, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED -- The rhizome. FAMILY -- Araceæ. // HABITAT -- United States."; back: "PROPERTIES - Stimulant, anodyne, // antispasmodic. Used in asthma, // whooping cough, nervous irritability, // hysteria; also in bronchial and pul- // monary affections where there is // irritation. // DOSE -- A wineglassful (60 Mils.) of // an infusion, one ounce to the pint."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A1-3 Row A
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Length 5.5 cm x Width 5.3 cm x Depth 2.8 cm
Condition Remarks
Cardboard and paper are extensively yellowed and dirty; box, paper and plastic have been punctured on front; plastic has come unsealed on right side; some plant material has escaped box and is escaping the plastic.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 1 page 4; personal communication with Jack Willson, May 2000.
Research Facts
The plastic wrap is not part of the original packaging; it was added to protect the materials as they were collected after 1949.
Exhibit History
On display “History of Psychiatry” at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Ottawa L-2018-2; 20 March 2018 – 31 Dec 2019
Loaned to Agnes Etherington Art Centre for Museopathy exhibit May 24–Sept. 13, 2001