University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy
Emergency Medicine
General Treatment
Pharmacy, General
Classification
Pharmacy
Emergency Medicine
General Treatment
Pharmacy, General
Accession Number
1976.6.41 a-af
Description
Black seal grain fold-up leather case (ae) with two rows of clear glass vials with silver metal screw on cap, cork closures and black rubber plug set into black metal support with silver metal clips to hold the vials; each row has a pair of black leather flaps; includes hidden pocket behind upper r…
Black seal grain fold-up leather case (ae) with two rows of clear glass vials with silver metal screw on cap, cork closures and black rubber plug set into black metal support with silver metal clips to hold the vials; each row has a pair of black leather flaps; includes hidden pocket behind upper row to hold the informational booklet 1976.6.47; brass snap closure; case contains three sizes of vials including 19 2.5 dram vials and 12 0.5 dram vials for a total of 31 vials originally, now with one vial missing; paper labels include original black and red text on cream paper with six handmade labels written in pencil; names of contents in some cases are illegible; refer to booklet 1976.6.47 for names of contents; this pocket case is listed in the booklet as 'Special Emergency Case, No. 13' and 'is made of best selected black seal grain leather, with patent catch and pocket for sundries, adhesive plasters, etc., springs for holding vials, and where posible, are furnished with screw caps. Price of empty case, $3.00. Price, filled with the selection as listed, $5.00'
Number Of Parts
31
Part Names
ae - case - Length 19.5 cm x Width 8.5 cm x Depth 3.8 cm
small vial - Length 3.3 cm x Diam. 1.1 cm
medium vial - Length 4.5 cm x Diam. 1.1 cm
long vial - Length 7.8 cm x Diam. 1.3 cm
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Dr. J. Hannah of Toronto; Dr. Weston L. Herriman.
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893.
Material
leather: brown
glass: clear
metal: silver
paper: white
ink: black, red, gold, grey
metal: silver, brass, black
cork: tan
rubber: black
Inscriptions
Printed inside flap: "SEVEN HIGHEST AWARDS FOR SUPERIORITY // WORLD'S COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION // H. K. MULFORD COMPANY // CHICAGO PHILADELPHIA"; on each original labels: "H. K. Mulford Co. // Chemists, Philadelphia"; on labels: (a) croup powder; (b) strychnine sulph.; (c) hydrogogue - cathartic; (d) nitroglycerine; (e) atropine sulph.; (f) [?] and beladonna; (g) cocaine hydrochloride; (h) morphine sulphate; (i) apomorphine mur.; (j) cardiac; (k) hyoscine; (l) morphine sulph.; (m) Dover's Powder; (n) [?]; (o) [?] chloradyne; (p) tinc. digitalis; (q) analgine (analgesic); (r) quinine; (s) calomel, which has a rubber stoppered side opening; (t) [?]; (u) nitro-glycerine comp.; (v) krameria comp.; (w) gastitis; (x) santorium [?] and calomel; (y) [?]; (z) ipecac co.; (aa) bismuth subnitrate; (ab) atropine, aconite comp.; (ac) asthmatic (hare); (ae) case
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A6-6
Length
19.5 cm
Width
9.0 cm
Depth
4.0 cm
Unit Of Measure
centimeters
Dimension Notes
Measured closed
Condition Remarks
Labels in varying degreees of condition including missing pieces, soiled from previously leaking contents, brittle, edges lifted(c) Contents causing corrosion of metal cap; vial is cracked; currently stable contents without leaks; corks and rubber closures stuck in opening
Copy Type
Original
Reference Types
Document
Reference Comments
UHN artefact files;
Wikipedia
Research Facts
The World's Columbian Exposition (the official shortened name for the World's Fair: Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World's Fair) was a world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492.
The H. K. Mulford Company was a pharmaceutical company founded in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The company was founded in the late 1880s by Henry K. Mulford after his purchase of the Old Simes drugstore at 18th and Market Streets. The company was purchased by Sharp & Dohme Corp in 1929.
Henry Kendall Mulford (October 10, 1866 – October 15, 1937) was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy.
Soon after purchasing the Old Simes retail pharmacy store, Mulford began producing and selling pharmaceutical preparations. In 1889, he received financial investment to expand operations from Milton Campbell. In 1891, Campbell became president of the company, with Mulford vice president. Milton patented a compressed tablet machine. By 1892 the company had two laboratories, a field office in Chicago, and produced 800 different products.
The company opened a laboratory in Glenolden, Pennsylvania, in 1894 for the production of a diphtheria antitoxin. In 1895, it became the first commercial producer of diphtheria antitoxin in the United States.
(s) Has a rubber stoppered side opening; originally belonged in a syringe case.
This artefact is part of a set of surgical instruments belonging to Dr. Weston L. Herriman, who was one of the first nine students who graduated in 1855 from the newly formed School of Medicine at the Church of Scotland-affiliated University of Queen's College (1854, Kingston, Ont.). The nine senior students had transferred from the Anglican Upper Canada School of Medicine (Toronto) to the new school at Queen's.