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Diacetyl Morphine Hydrochloride [hypodermic tablets]
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Dates
1952
circa 1952
Collection
Parke-Davis Collection
Category
Pharmacy
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
000001450 a-b
Description
A cardboard box (a) inside of which is a sheet of cardboard folded to form a divider (b); box is otherwise empty.
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Accession Number
000001450 a-b
Collection
Parke-Davis Collection
Category
Pharmacy
Classification
Pharmacy, General
MeSH Heading
Drug Packaging
MM= Drugs -- narcotics -- container
Description
A cardboard box (a) inside of which is a sheet of cardboard folded to form a divider (b); box is otherwise empty.
Number Of Parts
2
Part Names
a- box - Size: Length 7.6 cm x Width 3.6 cm x Depth 1.3 cm
b - divider (unfolded) - Size: Length 6.4 cm x Width 5.7 cm
Provenance
Collected by Parke-Davis
Maker
Parke, Davis & Co., Ltd.
Site Made (City)
Walkerville
Site Made (State)
Ontario
Site Made (Country)
Canada
Dates
1952
circa 1952
Date Remarks
Based on lot number
Material
cardboard: cream; red; black; blue
Inscriptions
(a) Front: "100 H.T. No. 191 // DIACETYL MORPHINE // HYDROCHLORIDE [printed] // HEROIN [handwritten] // HYPODERMIC // TABLETS // 1/6 GRAIN // (0.01 Gm.) // FOUR TUBES OF // 25 TABLETS // EACH // POISON [printed] // L [encircled] C 107 E [stamped] N [encircled] // PARKE, DAVIS & CO., LTD. // WALKERVILLE, ONTARIO [printed]"; bottom: "Hypodermic Tablets No. 191 // DIACETYL MORPHINE HCL. // 1/6 GR. (0.01 Gm.)"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-4 Row C
Temporary Location
On exhibit “The Century: Medical Innovations of the 1800s” at Museum of Health Care, 25 June 2017.
Condition Remarks
Box is yellowing, stained, and scuffed; top and bottom flaps are dented and torn slightly from being opened; no apparent problems with divider
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
Parke-Davis Lot Numbering System
Exhibit History
May 24 - Sept. 13, 2001: Agnes Etherington Art Centre Museopathy exhibit
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