An ampoule that is a long, liquid-filled cylindrical glass tube that is closed on both ends and has a flat bottom; the main tube has straight sides and then tapers to a teardrop-shaped tip with a rounded point; a paper label is affixed.
An ampoule that is a long, liquid-filled cylindrical glass tube that is closed on both ends and has a flat bottom; the main tube has straight sides and then tapers to a teardrop-shaped tip with a rounded point; a paper label is affixed.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Used by either Dr. H. Godfrey Bird or Dr. C.H. Bird of Gananoque, Ontario.
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co.
Dates
1896
circa 1896
Date Remarks
This date marks the beginning of the Bird medical practice.
Material
glass: clear
paper: black; discoloured white
Inscriptions
Label on ampoule reads, "1 cc. No. 21 // SODIUM // CACODYLATE // 0.1 Gm. (1½ grs.) // 2910405 // [illeg.] RKE, DAVIS & CO."
It is used only in animals (especially horses) as a medication; it is injected intraperitoneally. It helps with chronic eczema, anaemia and is used as a tonic. It is poisonous and carcinogenic in humans