Cardboard box (a) containing another cardboard box (b) that contains a dull blade (c) and 12 smaller carboard boxes (d-o), all sealed; each presumably contains a glass ampoule of Digitalone; outer box has a round fluorescent orange sticker and a rectangular white sticker on the bottom.
Cardboard box (a) containing another cardboard box (b) that contains a dull blade (c) and 12 smaller carboard boxes (d-o), all sealed; each presumably contains a glass ampoule of Digitalone; outer box has a round fluorescent orange sticker and a rectangular white sticker on the bottom.
Number Of Parts
15
Part Names
a - outer box - Size: Length 6.6 cm x Width 5.1 cm x Depth 3.8 cm
b - inner box - Size: Length 6.0 cm x Width 5.0 cm x Depth 3.7 cm
c- blade - Size: Length 3.7 cm x Width 0.6 cm
d-o - ampoule box - Size: Length 5.8 cm x Width 1.2 cm x Depth 1.1 cm
(a) Front: "1 Dozen 1 cc. Size No. 130 // GLASEPTIC AMPOULES // DIGITALONE // EACH CC. IS EQUIVALENT TO: // 1 cc. (17 mins.) Tr. Digitalis // Food and Drugs Act or 1 Inter. Unit. // CHLORETONE // (Chloroform derivative), 0.5% // Activity determined by physio- // logic tests. // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO"; right side: "Use enclosed marker to scratch // the ampoule at the constriction. // Break by gentle pressure. // SCRATCH HERE // MANUFACTURED // Apr. 1943"; back: "X451 // USES // Digitalone is a solution of the puri- // fied active constitutents of Digitalis // leaves, sterilized and physiologically // standardized. It should be used to // replace the tincture and similar crude // derivatives of this drug. // CONTRAINDICATIONS // Simple cardiac hypertrophy, exces- // sive compensatory hypertrophy, high // arterial tension, atheroma, aneurism, // apoplexy, fatty degeneration // of the heart. // Dose – As directed by the physician. // MADE IN CANADA"; left side: " "Glaseptic Ampoules // P.D. & Co." assure the // physician of thorough // sterilization, accuracy // of dose, uniformity of // chemical and physio- // logical tests, and a // type of glass that // properly preserves // these essential char- // acteristics"; top: "PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // Laboratories: // Detroit, U.S.A. // Walkerville, Canada // London, England // Sydney, Australia // Havana, Cuba Shanghai, China // Mexico City, Mexico // Rio de Janeiro, Brazil // Buenos Aires, Argentina // C755890 [stamped]"; bottom: "No. [illeg.] 0 // DIGITALONE // [illeg.] place, preferably // [illeg.] igerator. // N // 1H9"; (d-o) top: "1 CC. Size GLASEPTIC AMPOULE No. 130 // DIGITALONE // CHLORETONE 0.5%"; front: "Each cc. is equivalent to 1 cc. Tr. Digitalis // Food and Drugs Act or 1 International Unit. // Store in a cool place, preferably in a refrigerator."; bottom: "C755890 [stamped] // Each ampoule contains sufficient // excess to permit withdrawal and // administration of 1 cc."; back: "STERILE SOLUTION // PARKE, DAVIS & CO. // WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO"; right side: logo, see sketch on accession sheet; left side: identical to right side.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-3 Row F
Condition Remarks
Outer box severely yellowed, dirty; inner box and ampoule boxes yellowed; some ink smeared on ampoule boxes; some corrosion on blade.