Printed on front of tin: "ONE YARD // Canthos // A NEW // CANTHARIDAL // VESICANT // MANUFACTURED BY // Johnson & Johnson] // NEW BRUNSWICK // NEW JERSEY, U.S.A. // No. 117 // GUARANTEED UNDER THE FOOD AND DRUGS // ACT, JUNE 30TH 1906"; a red cross on the lid; also printed on tin: "Canthos possesses the following marked advantages over other vesicants: In causing a blister in less time; In the fact that it will not deteriorate with age, or become inert in most climates; In requiring no oil."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-D4-4
Temporary Location
On display "Doctor's Treatment Room c1930" at Museum of Health Care 20 Feb 2016.
Dimension Notes
Length 20.0 cm x Width 4.6 cm
Condition Remarks
Contents present; tin and labelling worn in some places.
cantharides (kan-thar'i-dez) cantharis [Gr. kantharis, beetle, + eidos, form, shape]; Dried insects of the species Cantharis vesicatoria; poisonous if taken internally in large doses. It was formerly used externally as a counterirritant and vesicant, and internally for its supposed aphrodisiac effect. It is no longer used (2019); Synonym: Spanish flycantharidal (-thar'i-dal),
From the Blackstock Dispensary, built in 1876; practising physicians in the dispensary: Dr. John Montgomery 1876-1882; Dr. Auron J. Campbell 1882-1888; Dr. Wm. A Fish 1888-1901; Dr. John McCullough 1901-1906; Dr. Robert B. Harris 1906-1908; Dr. Archibald McArthur 1908-1925; Dr. John A. McArthur 1919-1966.