Front: "100 // GELATIN-COATED // PILLS // No. 414 // 1B 78 // NEURALGIC // (BRIWN-SEQUARD) // Each pill contains: // Ext. Hyoscamus, 2-3 gr. // Ext. Ignatia - 1-2 gr. // Ext. opium, - 1-2 gr. // Ext. Belladonna leaves, 1-6 gr. // Ext. Conium fruit, 2-3 gr. // Ext. Stramonium leaves, // 1-3 gr. // Ext. Aconite leaves, 1-3 gr. // Ext. Indian Cannabis, 1-4 gr. // Dose, 1 or 2 Pills. // C415150 // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE // ONT., CANADA."; bottom: "PD&CO. // 44"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A5-5 Box 4 Row B
Dimension Notes
Length 9.6 cm x Width 3.7 cm x Depth 2.9 cm
Condition Remarks
Bottle is dusty, label yellowed and abraded on right side; translucent yellow accretion on left side of lip flaking off at edges; yellow-brown accretion on left side and bottom (old adhesive?); cork broken around edge; possibly the remains of an old label on top
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
Parke-Davis Lot Numbering System (in reference file)
Research Facts
Based on Parke-Davis Lot Numbering System it was made in 1913.
Exhibit History
Loaned to Agnes Etherington Art Centre for Museopathy exhibit May 24–Sept. 13, 2001