A cylindrical brown glass jar (a) with a threaded metal cap (b); bottle has a paper label on the front and is full of tablets; neck is stuffed with cotton.
A cylindrical brown glass jar (a) with a threaded metal cap (b); bottle has a paper label on the front and is full of tablets; neck is stuffed with cotton.
(a) Front: "PARKE, DA [illeg.] // GERMICIDAL [illeg.] // LARGE // POTASSIO-MERCURIC IODIDE // POISON // NON-CORROSIVE ANTISEPTIC, DISINFECTANT // EACH DISK CONTAINS: // Mercuric Iodide ....... 1 3/4 grains Potassium Iodide....... 1 3/4 grains // Sodium Bicarbonate ..... 45 grains // Potassiomercuric Iodide kills many kinds of bacteria and inhibits others from growing. // Five discs dissolved in twenty fluid ounces of water makes a 1:1000 Mercuric Iodide // solution, useful in the sickroom. After cleansing, small items should be immersed in the // solution for thirty minutes; larger ones may be rinsed or sponged. Finally rinse with water // and dry. These discs contain Sodium Bicarbonate which materially prevents the mercury // salt from coagulating albumin and corroding nickel plated or steel equipment. // Solutions prepared from these discs must not be used on aluminum, silver or platinum. // It is essential that other metals be completely immersed in solutions as a measure for // the prevention of corrosion. // FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY // Stock 21-97-8 [printed] // L [encircled] M 126 a [stamped] // PARKE, DAVIS & CO., LTD. // BROCKVILLE, ONTARIO"; bottom: "L D 5 // 400 3 // 1841 [embossed]"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-9 Row B
Condition Remarks
Bottle is dusty; label is yellowing, peeling and torn in many places around the edges; the top left corner is missing entirely; on the left side a large tear has been repaired with two pieces of transparent tape, which is now yellowing; also there is a piece of tape over the cap and neck of the bottle, although the cap seems securely attached without it; some corrosion on cap edge