University Health Network - Academy of Medicine Collection
Category
Pharmacy and Drug Artifacts
Vision
Archival
Classification
Pharmacy, General
Vision
Archival
Accession Number
1981.10.13 a-d
Description
Narrow green-coloured cardboard box (d) containing an empty brown glass bottle (a) with a black plastic screw-on cap; original contents were silver nitrate (1% solution); glass dropper (b) with red rubber bulb and a small cream paper for instructions (c).
Narrow green-coloured cardboard box (d) containing an empty brown glass bottle (a) with a black plastic screw-on cap; original contents were silver nitrate (1% solution); glass dropper (b) with red rubber bulb and a small cream paper for instructions (c).
Number Of Parts
4
Part Names
a - bottle - Length 7.0 cm x Width 2.5 cm x Depth 2.5 cm
b - box - Length 9.5 cm x WIdth 3.0 cm x Depth 3.0 cm
c - glass dropper
d - instructions
Provenance
Acquired from the Academy of Medicine; source: Mrs. Agnes Harvie; from the medical effects of her husband, Dr. Robert Morley Harvie.
Printed on box is a crest, followed by: "ONTARIO // Dept. of Health // of // Ontario // Silver Nitrate // (1% SOLUTION) // For Prevention of // Ophthalmia Neonatorum // FREE // Not to be Sold"; instruction sheet: "Ontario // DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH // Use of Silver Nitrate (1% Solution) // FOR THE PREVENTION OF // Ophthalmia Neonatorum // As soon as the baby is born, carefully // clean the eyelids with water that has been // boiled, using a separate, clean, soft cloth // or absorbant cotton fo reach eye. Wipe the // brows and eyes from the nose outward, // making no attempt to open eyelids. Then // separate the lids and drop two drops of the // silver nitrate solution into each eye. // Do not use the silver nitrate solution // if it has developed a color or sediment. // This product is free for Public Health use - not to be sold."
Permanent Location
Storage Room 0010
0010-A4-6 Box 3 Row C
(c) - Storage Room 0010
0010-G Instruction Pamphlets and Measuring Aids Binder pg. 3 a