Cylindrical, hollow, moulded bottle with a very narrow rounded shoulder, a thick, short neck, a rounded collar, and a slightly concave bottom; there are two vertical mould seams on the side of the body, a seam around the neck below the collar, and another one at the juncture of the body and the bot…
Cylindrical, hollow, moulded bottle with a very narrow rounded shoulder, a thick, short neck, a rounded collar, and a slightly concave bottom; there are two vertical mould seams on the side of the body, a seam around the neck below the collar, and another one at the juncture of the body and the bottom; a paper label is adhered to the side of the body; the mouth is stopped with a cork; the bottle is about 3/4 full of powder
Mould seams extend from the bottom to the bottle mouth
Material
glass: translucent brown
paper: white
cork: beige
Inscriptions
Bottom: "D" inside a diamond shape, embossed; below this are embossed, "4966A // 3"; label: first section is ruled with three black broken lines, the last of which starts with "Dr." in black; the second section reads, "PULV. // "CAROID" // (Vegetable Digestive Ferment) // Has marked proteo- // lytic action in neutral, // acid and alkaline // media; may be com // bined with nearly all // drugs, including in- // testinal antiseptics. // Does not act upon liv- // ing tissue. // Dose: 1 to 10 grs. // Carter, Cummings & Co. // Toronto, Can."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-6 Box 1 Row C
Height
5.4 cm
Diameter
2.4 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Condition Remarks
Cork is broken at the bottle's rim; glass is covered with yellow residue; paper is stained in yellow and blue-grey all over
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Book
Reference Comments
"Bottles: Identification and Price Guide," by Michael Polak, 1994, pp. 19, 21, 24, 189; "Gould's Pocket Pronouncing Medical Dictionary," by George M. Gould, 1924
Research Facts
Pulv. Caroid is a powdered drug that aids digestion. "Pulv." was the abbreviation for "Pulvis," meaning "powder."