Rectangular clear glass bottle, with cylindrical neck and flat, flanged lip stopped with a cork; bottle's edges are rough; paper label on front, back and on cork, bottle is 3/4 full of blue, coffin-shaped tablets.
Rectangular clear glass bottle, with cylindrical neck and flat, flanged lip stopped with a cork; bottle's edges are rough; paper label on front, back and on cork, bottle is 3/4 full of blue, coffin-shaped tablets.
Top: "FRANK W. HORNER // MONTREAL // LIMITED"; front: "500 T.T. No. 847 // MERCURIC CHLORIDE // ANTISEPTIC TABLETS // BERNAY'S BLUE // POISON // TABLET TRITURATES // Mercuric Chloride 1 3/4 gr. // Citric Acid 4/5 gr. // FOR EXTERNAL USE // ONLY // ANTIDOTES - White of // eggs in large amount, wheat // flour or milk, followed by // an emetic. // L D251 B // PARKE, DAVIS & CO., LTD. // WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO"; back: 53 // MERCURIC CHLORIDE ANTISEPTIC TABLETS // BERNAY'S (BLUE) T.T No. 847 // POISON // ANTISEPTIC SOLUTIONS FOR SURGICAL USE // 1:1000 — Dissolve 1 T.T. No. 847 in 4 ounces of water. // 1:5000—Dissolve 1 T.T. No. 847 in 20 ounces of water. // CAUTION — These tablets are very poisonous and should be // dispensed only with the greatest precaution. Use // poison label and mark "FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY"; left side: POISON"; right side: "POISON"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A5-6 Box 1 Row G
Dimension Notes
Length 11.3 cm x Width 4.3 cm x Depth 3.3 cm
Condition Remarks
Bottle is dusty, labels somewhat yellowed; front label has two pen marks forming an "X" over the bottom two-thirds; cork is crumbled around edge and loosely fits in lip
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Document
Reference Comments
Parke-Davis Lot Numbering System (in reference file); "Bottlers and Bottle, Canadian," by O. Urquhart, self-published, 1976, p. 21
Research Facts
The rough-edged bottles embossed with "poison" were used by pharmacists after the 1860s to ensure that poisons were readily identifiable even in the dark