Top: "FOXGLOVE // (Digitalis purpurea L.) // [illeg.] 15 [handwritten] // No. 116 // C134695 [stamped] // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, // ONT., CANADA"; front: "SYNONYMS - DIGITALIS, U.S.P.; // Digitale pourpree, Doightier, Fr.; // Purpurrother Fingerhut, Ger. // PART EMPLOYED - The leaves. // FAMILY - Scrophulariaceæ. // HABITAT - Europe."; back: "PROPERTIES - Lessens the fre- // quency and increases the force of the // heart's action. An indirect diuretic. // POISONOUS - Antidotes -- emetics, and // afterwards alcoholic stimulants. // DOSE - ½ to 1 teaspoonful (2 to 4 Cc.) // of an ounce to the pint infusion."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A
Length
5.4 cm
Width
5.4 cm
Depth
2.9 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Paper and label are yellowed; dark fingerprint on top; packet is torn on top and bottom front right corners; plastic still sealed; some plant material has escaped packet and is trapped by plastic; #2: no change; #3: the paper is discoloured but printing is legible; no holes in the plastic covering; the inner wrap does not appear damaged; there is a small amount of powder between the inner and outer wraps and one corner.
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Person
Reference Comments
"Parke-Davis Antique Pharmacy Collection," by Jack Willson, part 1 page 2; 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
Loaned to Agnes Etherington Art Centre for Museopathy exhibit May 24–Sept. 13, 2001
"When Medicine Met Science" exhibit, Ann Baillie Building, April 29, 2003 - 25 Jan 2017