University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
1934.31.8
Description
Long-necked amber glass bottle of gas gangrene antitoxin with a cork stopper; wide at shoulder and narrows toward the base; applied paper label describing contents in German; cork stopper is covered in paper which is tied in place with a string and held shut with a metal seal; bottle still contains…
Long-necked amber glass bottle of gas gangrene antitoxin with a cork stopper; wide at shoulder and narrows toward the base; applied paper label describing contents in German; cork stopper is covered in paper which is tied in place with a string and held shut with a metal seal; bottle still contains some dark brown liquid.
Number Of Parts
1
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; donated by Dr. Jean Chatham Duncan
One of the bottles in this group has the date, "Dec. 21, 1917"
Material
glass: brown
metal: grey
paper: cream, black, blue
fabric: brown
liquid: brown
Inscriptions
On metal seal at string: front: "Ph.I. // L.W G"; back: "Oberursel."; on paper label: "Eingetragene Schutzmarke // Pharmac. Institut Ludwig Wilhelm Gans // Oberursel a. T. // 20 ccm // antitoxisch-bactericides // Gasoedem-Serum. // Operat.-No. 17" [Registered Trademark // Ludwig Wilhelm Gans Pharmaceutical Institute // Oberursel am Taunus // 20 cc // antitoxin-bactericide // Serum for Gas Gangrene // Operat.-No. 17] ; embossed on base of bottle: "20"
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A3-6
Dimension Notes
Length 8.0 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
JPG
Reference Comments
See "Bulletin," Vol. 8, No. 3, Dec. 1934, p. 47; CD #UHN
Research Facts
According to the label, this is an antitoxin/bactericide; came in McVitie & Price Biscuit box along with 1934.31.1-.20.