University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
1969.49.1 a-aw
Description
Black leather medicine case (aw) containing corked glass vials with and without paper labels set in fitted metal removable compartments; bottles are numbered from (a) to (av); some contain pills, matter or residue.
Black leather medicine case (aw) containing corked glass vials with and without paper labels set in fitted metal removable compartments; bottles are numbered from (a) to (av); some contain pills, matter or residue.
Number Of Parts
49
Part Names
a-j - vial - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Diam. 3.0 cm
k - vial - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
l - vial - Size: Length 13.5 cm x Diam. 2.0 cm
m - vial - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
n - vial - Size: Length 13.5 cm x Diam. 2.0 cm
o - vial - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
p - vial - Size: Length 13.5 cm x Diam. 2.0 cm
q - vial - Size: Length 13.5 cm x Diam. 2.0 cm
r - vial - Size: Length 14.0 cm x Diam. 2.5 cm
s-av - vial - Size: Length 13.5 cm x Diam. 2.0 cm
aw - case - Size: Length 31.0 cm x Width 15.0 cm x Depth 17.0 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source unknown (possibly a Miss A. Smart).
Dates
1900
1930
circa 1900-1930
Date Remarks
Original record had "early 20c."
Material
leather: black
cork: brown
glass: clear
paper: white
metal: silver
Inscriptions
Most of the vials are labelled with their contents: (a) Glycerine; (b) Witch Hazel; (c) Friar's Balsam; (d) Listerine; (e) Listerine; (f) Turpentine; (g) Whiskey; (h) Boracic Acid Soln; (i) Lysoll [sic]; (k) Blandene; (m) Anna Marie's drops // 4 drops warm // every 4 hours // syringe; (n) – oil spray; (o) Green soap; (p) Wine of ipecac; (q) Cascara; (s) Camphor; (t) Lanoline; (u) '77'; (v) Zinc oxide; (w) Magnesia tablets; (x) Mentholatum; (y) tar ointment; (z) Pill alophen; (aa) aspirin 5 . grs.; (ab) cascara sagrada; (ac) arnica; (ag) Pulsitella for styes.
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A7-12
Condition Remarks
The contents of many of the vials had leaked and stained and corroded the metal compartments and the case itself; active corrosion--i.e. verdigris--visible on the metal corners and lock. NOTE: Store with handle up.